Natural hazards · Piermont

Piermont, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piermont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 107 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Piermont?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piermont to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding60%Coastal flooding25%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Piermont faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

25% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Piermont flood?

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

107paid claims since 1979

$5.1Mpaid to owners

15homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 44 claims, $3.5M
Hurricane Irene: 13 claims, $435K
December Storm - Nor'easter: 7 claims, $93K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rockland County.

Disasters that hit Piermont

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PiermontDeclared for Rockland County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

20 households applied for aid $41K aid approved $88K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$17K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

183 households applied for aid $631K aid approved $438K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

32 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $34K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$21K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$44K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

20 households applied for aid $39K aid approved $135K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

2003

Snow

$7K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$139K to the Village of Piermont for repairs

Rockland County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Piermont

Piermont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Piermontmostly inland floodingHigh

Sparkillmostly inland floodingLow

Orangeburgmostly inland floodingLow

Grand View-on-Hudsonmostly 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. Piermont covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Piermont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Piermont. 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 Piermont total about $1.3M 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.