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. 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 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Cold waves12%Everything else12%

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

75% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% 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?

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

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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

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 Village of Pittsford.

Brought FEMA money into PittsfordDeclared for Monroe County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $51K to the Village of Pittsford for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

121 households applied for aid $80K aid approved $26K to the Village of Pittsford for repairs

1999

Snow

$3K to the Village of Pittsford for repairs

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

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 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 Pittsford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Pittsford. 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.