Natural hazards · Pomona

Pomona, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pomona comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 25 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pomona?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pomona to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Pomona faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pomona flood?

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

25paid claims since 1978

$240Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 3 claims, $6K
Vermont/New York Flooding: 2 claims, $29K
December Nor'easter: 1 claim, $124K

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

Insurance rates: Rockland County.

Disasters that hit Pomona

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PomonaDeclared for Rockland County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

39 households applied for aid $90K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Sandy

79 households applied for aid $56K aid approved $30K to the Village of Pomona for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

79 households applied for aid $243K aid approved $135K to the Village of Pomona for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Village of Pomona for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

8 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$2K to the Village of Pomona for repairs

Rockland County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Pomona

Pomona and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pomonamostly inland floodingModerate

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