Natural hazards · Nanticoke

Nanticoke, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nanticoke comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2011. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nanticoke?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nanticoke to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Nanticoke faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times 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 Nanticoke flood?

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

3paid claims since 2011

$64Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $12K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Broome County.

Disasters that hit Nanticoke

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NanticokeDeclared for Broome County only

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$118K to the Town of Nanticoke for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$70K to the Town of Nanticoke for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$27K to the Town of Nanticoke for repairs

2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of Nanticoke for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$11K to the Town of Nanticoke for repairs

Broome County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Nanticoke

Nanticoke and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nanticokemostly inland floodingHigh

Lislemostly inland floodingHigh

Newark Valleymostly inland floodingHigh

Mainemostly inland floodingHigh

Barkermostly inland floodingHigh

Berkshiremostly inland floodingHigh

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. Nanticoke covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nanticoke’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Nanticoke. 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 Nanticoke total about $591K 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.