Natural hazards · Palatine Bridge

Palatine Bridge, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Palatine Bridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Palatine Bridge?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Palatine Bridge to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Cold waves6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Palatine Bridge 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 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Palatine Bridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Palatine Bridge

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Palatine BridgeDeclared for Montgomery County only

2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Montgomery County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Palatine Bridge

Palatine Bridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Canajohariemostly inland floodingHigh

Palatine Bridgemostly inland floodingModerate

Palatinemostly inland floodingModerate

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