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Painted Post, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Painted Post comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1982. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Painted Post?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Painted Post faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 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 Painted Post flood?

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

9paid claims since 1982
$211Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $126K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Painted Post

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Painted PostDeclared for Steuben County only
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

58 households applied for aid $75K aid approved
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Village of Painted Post for repairs
Steuben County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Painted Post

Painted Post and the towns around it

Corning: Low, mostly inland floodingErwin: High, mostly inland floodingBig Flats: Low, mostly inland floodingHornby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCaton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAddison: High, mostly inland floodingLindley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCampbell: Very high, mostly inland floodingPainted Post: High, mostly inland flooding Painted PostCorningErwin
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Painted Postmostly inland floodingHigh
Erwinmostly inland floodingHigh
Corningmostly 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. Painted Post 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 Painted Post’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Painted Post. 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.

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