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Natural hazards · North Collins

North Collins, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Collins comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is North Collins?

7
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Collins to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Cold waves13%Tornadoes9%Everything else6%
By hazard

What North Collins faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 North Collins flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into North CollinsDeclared for Erie County only
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$12K to the Village of North Collins for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $23K to the Village of North Collins for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Village of North Collins for repairs
2000

Snow

$1K to the Village of North Collins for repairs
1999

Snow

$10K to the Village of North Collins for repairs
Erie County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around North Collins

North Collins and the towns around it

North Collins: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrant: Very low, mostly inland floodingCollins: Low, mostly inland floodingEden: Very low, mostly inland floodingBoston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConcord: Low, mostly inland floodingEvans: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Collins: Very low, mostly inland flooding North CollinsNorth CollinsBrant
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Brantmostly inland floodingVery low
North Collinsmostly inland floodingVery low
North Collinsmostly 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. North Collins 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 North Collins’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of North Collins. 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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