Natural hazards · Parishville

Parishville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parishville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Parishville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parishville to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Cold waves13%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Parishville 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

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% 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 Parishville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Parishville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParishvilleDeclared for St. Lawrence County only

2024

Remnants of Tropical Storm Debby

$43K to the Town of Parishville for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Parishville for repairs

1999

Snow

$9K to the Town of Parishville for repairs

St. Lawrence County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Parishville

Parishville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Parishvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Stockholmmostly inland floodingModerate

Pierrepontmostly inland floodingModerate

Coltonmostly inland floodingLow

Hopkintonmostly inland floodingLow

Potsdammostly 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. Parishville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parishville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Parishville. 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 Parishville total about $1.4M 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.