Natural hazards · Orangeburg

Orangeburg, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orangeburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orangeburg?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orangeburg to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Earthquakes7%Hurricanes7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Orangeburg faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Orangeburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rockland County.

Disasters that hit Orangeburg

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Rockland County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Orangeburg itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into OrangeburgDeclared for Rockland County only

Rockland County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Orangeburg

Orangeburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Piermontmostly inland floodingHigh

Sparkillmostly inland floodingLow

Orangeburgmostly inland floodingLow

Tappanmostly inland floodingVery low

Blauveltmostly 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. Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Orangeburg. 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.