Natural hazards · Minetto

Minetto, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Minetto comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Minetto?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Minetto to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Minetto faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% 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 Minetto flood?

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

1paid claims since 2007

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oswego County.

Disasters that hit Minetto

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MinettoDeclared for Oswego County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$30K to the Town of Minetto for repairs

2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$4K to the Town of Minetto for repairs

2004

Snow

$5K to the Town of Minetto for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

14 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $32K to the Town of Minetto for repairs

Oswego County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Minetto

Minetto and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Minettomostly inland floodingLow

Volneymostly inland floodingVery low

Oswegomostly inland floodingVery low

Scribamostly inland floodingVery low

Oswegomostly 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. Minetto covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Minetto’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Minetto. 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 Minetto total about $343K 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.