Natural hazards · Pleasantville

Pleasantville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pleasantville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pleasantville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pleasantville to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Hurricanes7%Earthquakes6%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pleasantville faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pleasantville flood?

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

32paid claims since 1978

$277Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 6 claims, $117K
Not a named storm: 3 claims, $5K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $15K

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. Pleasantville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Westchester County.

Disasters that hit Pleasantville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PleasantvilleDeclared for Westchester County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

88 households applied for aid $235K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Sandy

61 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

48 households applied for aid $55K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

21 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

Westchester County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

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. Pleasantville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pleasantville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Pleasantville. 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 Pleasantville total about $1.6M 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.