Natural hazards · Macomb

Macomb, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Macomb comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Macomb?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Macomb to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Cold waves13%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Macomb faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Macomb flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Macomb

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MacombDeclared for St. Lawrence County only

2024

Remnants of Tropical Storm Debby

$33K to the Town of Macomb for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Macomb for repairs

St. Lawrence County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Macomb

Macomb and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Macombmostly inland floodingModerate

Morristownmostly inland floodingModerate

Hammondmostly inland floodingModerate

Rossiemostly inland floodingModerate

Gouverneurmostly inland floodingLow

De Peystermostly inland floodingLow

De Kalbmostly inland floodingLow

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. Macomb is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.