Natural hazards · Minoa

Minoa, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Minoa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1996. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Minoa?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Minoa to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Minoa faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% 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 Minoa flood?

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

8paid claims since 1996

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Minoa 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 Minoa

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MinoaDeclared for Onondaga County only

2003

Ice Storm

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Village of Minoa for repairs

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. Minoa covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Minoa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Minoa. 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 Minoa total about $1.9M 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.