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Natural hazards · Petersburgh

Petersburgh, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Petersburgh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Petersburgh?

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Petersburgh to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Tornadoes5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Petersburgh faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Petersburgh flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011
$17Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $17K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Petersburgh isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Rensselaer County.
Disasters that hit Petersburgh

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PetersburghDeclared for Rensselaer County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$14K to the Town of Petersburgh for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

9 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $287K to the Town of Petersburgh for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Town of Petersburgh for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$46K to the Town of Petersburgh for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$11K to the Town of Petersburgh for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$184K to the Town of Petersburgh for repairs
Rensselaer County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Petersburgh

Petersburgh and the towns around it

Berlin: High, mostly inland floodingPownal: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrafton: Very low, mostly inland floodingHoosick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBennington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSand Lake: Low, mostly inland floodingStephentown: High, mostly inland floodingPoestenkill: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStamford: High, mostly inland floodingWoodford: High, mostly inland floodingPittstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrunswick: Low, mostly inland floodingWhite Creek: High, mostly inland floodingCambridge: Low, mostly inland floodingShaftsbury: Low, mostly inland floodingPetersburgh: Very high, mostly inland flooding PetersburghBerlinPownalGraftonHoosickBennington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Petersburghmostly inland floodingVery high
Berlinmostly inland floodingHigh
Hoosickmostly inland floodingModerate
Benningtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Pownalmostly inland floodingModerate
Graftonmostly 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. Petersburgh covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Petersburgh’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Petersburgh. 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 Petersburgh total about $804K 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.

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