Natural hazards · Macedon

Macedon, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Macedon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Macedon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Macedon to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Strong wind5%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Macedon faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Macedon flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Macedon.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Macedon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Macedon

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Macedon itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Macedon.

Brought FEMA money into MacedonDeclared for Wayne County only

2003

Ice Storm

84 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $133K to the Town of Macedon for repairs

1999

Snow

$22K to the Town of Macedon for repairs

Wayne County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Macedon

Macedon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Manchestermostly inland floodingLow

Palmyramostly inland floodingVery low

Farmingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Walworthmostly inland floodingVery low

Marionmostly inland floodingVery low

Macedonmostly inland floodingVery low

Palmyramostly inland floodingVery low

Perintonmostly inland floodingVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Macedon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Macedon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Macedon. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Macedon total about $1.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.