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Natural hazards · Marbletown

Marbletown, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marbletown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1984. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marbletown?

25
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marbletown to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves11%Hurricanes8%Tornadoes8%Hail6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Marbletown faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Marbletown flood?

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

14paid claims since 1984
$351Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19842026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 7 claims, $195K
  • Torrential rain: 2 claims, $130K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Marbletown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Ulster County.
Disasters that hit Marbletown

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarbletownDeclared for Ulster County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$23K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$14K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$212K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$103K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$16K to the Town of Marbletown for repairs
Ulster County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Marbletown

Marbletown and the towns around it

New Paltz: Very low, mostly inland floodingOlive: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRochester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHurley: Very low, mostly inland floodingRosendale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLloyd: Low, mostly inland floodingGardiner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEsopus: Low, mostly inland floodingShandaken: Very high, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDenning: High, mostly inland floodingWawarsing: High, mostly inland floodingUlster: Low, mostly inland floodingMarbletown: Low, mostly inland flooding MarbletownNew PaltzOliveRochesterHurleyRosendale
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rochestermostly inland floodingModerate
Rosendalemostly inland floodingModerate
Olivemostly inland floodingModerate
Marbletownmostly inland floodingLow
New Paltzmostly inland floodingVery low
Hurleymostly 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. Marbletown covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marbletown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Marbletown. 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 Marbletown total about $2.5M 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.

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