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Natural hazards · New Bremen

New Bremen, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Bremen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2024. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is New Bremen?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Bremen to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Cold waves6%Everything else17%
By hazard

What New Bremen faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% 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 New Bremen flood?

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

1paid claims since 2024
$18Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20242026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Bremen isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lewis County.
Disasters that hit New Bremen

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New BremenDeclared for Lewis County only
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$9K to the Town of New Bremen for repairs
2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$9K to the Town of New Bremen for repairs
2004

Snow

$8K to the Town of New Bremen for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$33K to the Town of New Bremen for repairs
1999

Snow

$5K to the Town of New Bremen for repairs
Lewis County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around New Bremen

New Bremen and the towns around it

Croghan: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLowville: Low, mostly inland floodingDenmark: Low, mostly inland floodingWatson: High, mostly inland floodingWilna: High, mostly inland floodingDiana: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHarrisburg: Low, mostly inland floodingMartinsburg: Low, mostly inland floodingChampion: Very low, mostly inland floodingCarthage: High, mostly inland floodingRutland: Low, mostly inland floodingGreig: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWebb: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Bremen: Low, mostly inland flooding New BremenCroghanLowvilleDenmarkWatson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Watsonmostly inland floodingHigh
Croghanmostly inland floodingModerate
New Bremenmostly inland floodingLow
Denmarkmostly inland floodingLow
Lowvillemostly inland floodingLow
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. New Bremen 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 New Bremen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Bremen. 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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