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Oneida, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oneida comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 119 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Oneida?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oneida to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Oneida faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once 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 Oneida flood?

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

119paid claims since 1978
$3.6Mpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Lee: 1 claim, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

154flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Oneida

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OneidaDeclared for Madison County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the City of Oneida for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2.4M to the City of Oneida for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2003

Ice Storm

1 household applied for aid $7K to the City of Oneida for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$10K to the City of Oneida for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the City of Oneida for repairs
Madison County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Oneida

Oneida and the towns around it

Vernon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVerona: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSherrill: High, mostly inland floodingOneida Castle: Low, mostly inland floodingLenox: Low, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockbridge: Low, mostly inland floodingWampsville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestmoreland: Very low, mostly inland floodingAugusta: Low, mostly inland floodingKirkland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRome: Very low, mostly inland floodingVienna: Very high, mostly inland floodingSullivan: High, mostly inland floodingFenner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSmithfield: Low, mostly inland floodingEaton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOneida: High, mostly inland flooding OneidaVernonVeronaSherrillOneida CastleLenoxLincolnStockbridgeWampsville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Oneidamostly inland floodingHigh
Sherrillmostly inland floodingHigh
Veronamostly inland floodingModerate
Wampsvillemostly inland floodingModerate
Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate
Vernonmostly inland floodingModerate
Lenoxmostly inland floodingLow
Stockbridgemostly inland floodingLow
Oneida Castlemostly 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. Oneida covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Oneida’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Oneida. 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 Oneida total about $4.7M 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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