Natural hazards · Marion

Marion, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marion comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2012. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marion?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marion to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Hail7%Strong wind5%Tornadoes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Marion faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% 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

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Marion flood?

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

1paid claims since 2012

$39Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20122026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $39K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Marion 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 Marion

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarionDeclared for Wayne County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Ice Storm

92 households applied for aid $49K aid approved $73K to the Town of Marion for repairs

1999

Snow

$13K to the Town of Marion for repairs

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

Around Marion

Marion and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Williamsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Sodusmostly inland floodingVery low

Palmyramostly inland floodingVery low

Walworthmostly inland floodingVery low

Marionmostly inland floodingVery low

Macedonmostly 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. Marion covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marion’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Marion. 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 Marion total about $699K 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.