Natural hazards · Perinton

Perinton, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 22 claims here since 1991. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perinton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perinton to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding67%Cold waves18%Tornadoes5%Heat waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Perinton faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Perinton flood?

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

22paid claims since 1991

$321Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19912026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 3 claims, $61K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit Perinton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerintonDeclared for Monroe County only

2003

Ice Storm

$690K to the Town of Perinton for repairs

1999

Snow

$57K to the Town of Perinton for repairs

Monroe County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Perinton

Perinton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Penfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Pittsfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Victormostly inland floodingVery low

Macedonmostly inland floodingVery low

Perintonmostly inland floodingVery low

East Rochestermostly 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. Perinton covers 11 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Perinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Perinton. 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 Perinton total about $7.1M 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.