Natural hazards · Pittsford

Pittsford, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittsford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1991. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pittsford?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittsford to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves11%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Pittsford faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pittsford flood?

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

14paid claims since 1991

$119Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19912026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit Pittsford

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittsfordDeclared for Monroe County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Town of Pittsford for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$445K to the Town of Pittsford for repairs

1999

Snow

$38K to the Town of Pittsford for repairs

Monroe County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Pittsford

Pittsford and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mendonmostly inland floodingLow

Brightonmostly inland floodingLow

Pittsfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Henriettamostly inland floodingVery low

Perintonmostly inland floodingVery low

East Rochestermostly 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. Pittsford covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pittsford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pittsford. 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 Pittsford total about $7.7M 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.