Natural hazards · Manlius

Manlius, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Manlius comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1981. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Manlius?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Manlius to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Manlius faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Manlius flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Manlius, from FEMA’s records.

10paid claims since 1981

$39Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit Manlius

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ManliusDeclared for Onondaga County only

2021

Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred

$135K to the Village of Manlius for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $37K to the Village of Manlius for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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. Manlius covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Manlius’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Manlius. 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 Manlius total about $1.5M 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.