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Natural hazards · Pinckney

Pinckney, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pinckney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pinckney?

34
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pinckney to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Everything else22%
By hazard

What Pinckney 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
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Pinckney flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pinckney isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lewis County.
Disasters that hit Pinckney

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PinckneyDeclared for Lewis County only
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Pinckney for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Pinckney for repairs
2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$3K to the Town of Pinckney for repairs
2004

Snow

$2K to the Town of Pinckney for repairs
1999

Snow

$2K to the Town of Pinckney for repairs
Lewis County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Pinckney

Pinckney and the towns around it

Harrisburg: Low, mostly inland floodingWorth: Low, mostly inland floodingRodman: Very low, mostly inland floodingRutland: Low, mostly inland floodingLowville: Low, mostly inland floodingLorraine: Low, mostly inland floodingRedfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontague: Low, mostly inland floodingAdams: Low, mostly inland floodingWatertown: Very low, mostly inland floodingLe Ray: Very low, mostly inland floodingBlack River: Low, mostly inland floodingChampion: Very low, mostly inland floodingDenmark: Low, mostly inland floodingPinckney: Low, mostly inland flooding PinckneyHarrisburgWorthRodmanRutland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Pinckneymostly inland floodingLow
Harrisburgmostly inland floodingLow
Worthmostly inland floodingLow
Rutlandmostly inland floodingLow
Rodmanmostly 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. Pinckney is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pinckney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pinckney. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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