Natural hazards · Pitcher

Pitcher, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pitcher comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pitcher?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pitcher to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Cold waves6%Tornadoes5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Pitcher faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 37 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Pitcher flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chenango County.

Disasters that hit Pitcher

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PitcherDeclared for Chenango County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Town of Pitcher for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

4 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$80K to the Town of Pitcher for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $63K to the Town of Pitcher for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $53K to the Town of Pitcher for repairs

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

2003

Snow

$2K to the Town of Pitcher for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$5K to the Town of Pitcher for repairs

Chenango County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Pitcher

Pitcher and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lincklaenmostly inland floodingHigh

Taylormostly inland floodingHigh

Pitchermostly inland floodingModerate

Pharsaliamostly inland floodingModerate

Germanmostly 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. Pitcher 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 Pitcher’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pitcher. 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.