Natural hazards · North Syracuse

North Syracuse, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Syracuse comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Syracuse?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Syracuse to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Strong wind9%Tornadoes7%Everything else21%

By hazard

What North Syracuse faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Syracuse flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. North Syracuse isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit North Syracuse

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into North SyracuseDeclared for Onondaga County only

2003

Ice Storm

9 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $22K to the Village of North Syracuse for repairs

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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 Syracuse covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North Syracuse’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of North Syracuse. 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 Syracuse total about $807K 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.