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Natural hazards · Plattekill

Plattekill, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plattekill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2005. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Plattekill?

21
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plattekill to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes14%Hurricanes9%Cold waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Plattekill faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Plattekill flood?

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

5paid claims since 2005
$133Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20052026

Biggest named events

  • Torrential rain: 2 claims, $26K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $29K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $48K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlattekillDeclared for Ulster County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$34K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

1 household applied for aid $13K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $27K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

17 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $101K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

2 households applied for aid $40K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
2003

Snow

$14K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$26K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$12K to the Town of Plattekill for repairs
Ulster County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Plattekill

Plattekill and the towns around it

Lloyd: Low, mostly inland floodingNewburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingGardiner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShawangunk: Low, mostly inland floodingMarlborough: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Paltz: Very low, mostly inland floodingHyde Park: Low, mostly inland floodingEsopus: Low, mostly inland floodingPoughkeepsie: Low, mostly inland floodingPoughkeepsie: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewburgh: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontgomery: Low, mostly inland floodingWappinger: Low, mostly inland floodingFishkill: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Windsor: Very low, mostly inland floodingRochester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWawarsing: High, mostly inland floodingCrawford: Low, mostly inland floodingMamakating: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEllenville: High, mostly inland floodingPlattekill: Low, mostly inland flooding PlattekillLloydNewburghGardinerShawangunkMarlborough
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Gardinermostly inland floodingModerate
Lloydmostly inland floodingLow
Newburghmostly inland floodingLow
Shawangunkmostly inland floodingLow
Plattekillmostly inland floodingLow
Marlboroughmostly inland floodingLow
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. Plattekill covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Plattekill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Plattekill. 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 Plattekill total about $2.3M 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.

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