Natural hazards · Norway

Norway, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Norway?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norway to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Norway faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Norway flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Herkimer County.

Disasters that hit Norway

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorwayDeclared for Herkimer County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$692K to the Town of Norway for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Town of Norway for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$49K to the Town of Norway for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$33K to the Town of Norway for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$46K to the Town of Norway for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$4K to the Town of Norway for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$37K to the Town of Norway for repairs

Herkimer County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Norway

Norway and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ohiomostly inland floodingModerate

Norwaymostly inland floodingModerate

Newportmostly inland floodingModerate

Fairfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Russiamostly inland floodingModerate

Salisburymostly 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. Norway 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 Norway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Norway. 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.