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Natural hazards · Nelliston

Nelliston, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nelliston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Nelliston?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nelliston to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Cold waves6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Nelliston faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Nelliston flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NellistonDeclared for Montgomery County only
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $23K to the Village of Nelliston for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the Village of Nelliston for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $47K to the Village of Nelliston for repairs
Montgomery County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Nelliston

Nelliston and the towns around it

Palatine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFort Plain: Very high, mostly inland floodingMinden: Very high, mostly inland floodingCanajoharie: High, mostly inland floodingRoot: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPalatine Bridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEphratah: High, mostly inland floodingMohawk: High, mostly inland floodingSt. Johnsville: High, mostly inland floodingCanajoharie: High, mostly inland floodingDanube: Low, mostly inland floodingStark: Low, mostly inland floodingCherry Valley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSharon: Low, mostly inland floodingNelliston: Moderate, mostly inland flooding NellistonPalatineFort PlainMindenCanajoharie
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fort Plainmostly inland floodingVery high
Mindenmostly inland floodingVery high
Canajohariemostly inland floodingHigh
Nellistonmostly inland floodingModerate
Palatinemostly 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. Nelliston 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 Nelliston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Nelliston. 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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