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North East, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North East comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1996. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is North East?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North East to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Hurricanes13%Everything else16%
By hazard

What North East faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 East flood?

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

5paid claims since 1996
$30Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19962026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $15K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. North East isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dutchess County.
Disasters that hit North East

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into North EastDeclared for Dutchess County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of North East for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Town of North East for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$2K to the Town of North East for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Town of North East for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$54K to the Town of North East for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of North East for repairs
Dutchess County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around North East

North East and the towns around it

Pine Plains: Low, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAncram: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStanford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAmenia: High, mostly inland floodingSharon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMilan: Low, mostly inland floodingGallatin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCanaan: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Canaan: High, mostly inland floodingMount Washington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSheffield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCopake: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTaghkanic: Low, mostly inland floodingClinton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWashington: Low, mostly inland floodingDover: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCornwall: High, mostly inland floodingKent: High, mostly inland floodingNorth East: Moderate, mostly inland flooding North EastPine PlainsSalisburyAncramStanfordAmeniaSharon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Ameniamostly inland floodingHigh
Sharonmostly inland floodingModerate
Salisburymostly inland floodingModerate
Stanfordmostly inland floodingModerate
North Eastmostly inland floodingModerate
Ancrammostly inland floodingModerate
Pine Plainsmostly 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. North East covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North East’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of North East. 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 North East total about $1.4M 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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