Natural hazards · Pike

Pike, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pike comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pike?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pike to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Pike 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 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pike flood?

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

16paid claims since 1978

$108Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

December Storm - Nor'easter: 2 claims, $29K
Not a named storm: 2 claims, $6K
The “Halloween” storm: 1 claim, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

Disasters that hit Pike

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PikeDeclared for Wyoming County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Pike for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$69K to the Town of Pike for repairs

2001

Snow

$8K to the Town of Pike for repairs

1999

Snow

$3K to the Town of Pike for repairs

Wyoming County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Pike

Pike and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Humemostly inland floodingHigh

Pikemostly inland floodingHigh

Eaglemostly inland floodingHigh

Genesee Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Gainesvillemostly 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. Pike covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pike’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pike. 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 Pike 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.