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Neversink, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neversink comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 22 claims here since 1980. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Neversink?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Neversink to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves7%Tornadoes5%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Neversink faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 40 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Neversink flood?

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

22paid claims since 1980
$390Kpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 9 claims, $305K
  • Torrential rain: 2 claims, $18K
  • Late summer storms: 1 claim, $21K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NeversinkDeclared for Sullivan County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$35K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

7 households applied for aid $90K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $493K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $550 aid approved $83K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$316K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $238K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$44K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2003

Snow

$19K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$35K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$155K to the Town of Neversink for repairs
Sullivan County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Neversink

Neversink and the towns around it

Fallsburg: Low, mostly inland floodingRockland: Very high, mostly inland floodingWawarsing: High, mostly inland floodingDenning: High, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very low, mostly inland floodingThompson: Very low, mostly inland floodingMamakating: Moderate, mostly inland floodingColchester: Very high, mostly inland floodingFremont: High, mostly inland floodingHardenburgh: High, mostly inland floodingCallicoon: High, mostly inland floodingShawangunk: Low, mostly inland floodingEllenville: High, mostly inland floodingRochester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGardiner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOlive: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShandaken: Very high, mostly inland floodingBethel: Very low, mostly inland floodingNeversink: High, mostly inland flooding NeversinkFallsburgRocklandWawarsingDenningLiberty
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rocklandmostly inland floodingVery high
Wawarsingmostly inland floodingHigh
Denningmostly inland floodingHigh
Neversinkmostly inland floodingHigh
Fallsburgmostly inland floodingLow
Libertymostly inland floodingVery low
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. Neversink covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Neversink’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Neversink. 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 Neversink total about $1.8M 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.

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