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Natural hazards · Morris

Morris, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Morris?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morris to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Cold waves12%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Morris 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
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Morris flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Morris.

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorrisDeclared for Otsego County only
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$731K to the Town of Morris for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of Morris for repairs
2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$39K to the Town of Morris for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$74K to the Town of Morris for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$46K to the Town of Morris for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$366K to the Town of Morris for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Morris for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$7K to the Town of Morris for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$30K to the Town of Morris for repairs
Otsego County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Morris

Morris and the towns around it

New Berlin: High, mostly inland floodingButternuts: High, mostly inland floodingLaurens: Very high, mostly inland floodingPittsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Lisbon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOtego: Very high, mostly inland floodingNew Berlin: High, mostly inland floodingNorwich: High, mostly inland floodingColumbus: High, mostly inland floodingSherburne: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Norwich: High, mostly inland floodingGuilford: High, mostly inland floodingUnadilla: High, mostly inland floodingOneonta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMilford: High, mostly inland floodingEdmeston: High, mostly inland floodingBurlington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHartwick: High, mostly inland floodingSidney: High, mostly inland floodingFranklin: High, mostly inland floodingMorris: High, mostly inland flooding MorrisNew BerlinButternutsLaurensPittsfieldNew LisbonOtego
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Otegomostly inland floodingVery high
Laurensmostly inland floodingVery high
Morrismostly inland floodingHigh
Butternutsmostly inland floodingHigh
New Berlinmostly inland floodingHigh
Pittsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
New Lisbonmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Morris is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Morris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Morris. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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