Natural hazards · Oriskany

Oriskany, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oriskany comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1981. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Oriskany?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oriskany to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Cold waves7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Oriskany faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Oriskany flood?

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

1paid claims since 1981

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oneida County.

Disasters that hit Oriskany

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OriskanyDeclared for Oneida County only

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$124K to the Village of Oriskany for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Village of Oriskany for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$10K to the Village of Oriskany for repairs

2004

Snow

$7K to the Village of Oriskany for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$13K to the Village of Oriskany for repairs

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

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. Oriskany 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 Oriskany’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Oriskany. 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.