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. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2006. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Morris?

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?

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

2paid claims since 2006

$80Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

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

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorrisDeclared for Otsego County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Village of Morris for repairs

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Village of Morris for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

18 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $15K to the Village of Morris for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

5 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $323K to the Village of Morris for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$2K to the Village of Morris for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$52K to the Village of Morris for repairs

Otsego County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. 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 Village 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.

Morris, NY natural hazards

How exposed is Morris?

What Morris faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Morris flood?

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms and Flooding

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

Hurricane Irene

Severe Storms and Flooding

Snowstorms

Severe Storms and Flooding

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