Natural hazards · Red Hook

Red Hook, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Red Hook comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Red Hook?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red Hook to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Hurricanes12%Earthquakes6%Cold waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Red Hook faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Red Hook flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dutchess County.

Disasters that hit Red Hook

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Red HookDeclared for Dutchess County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

4 households applied for aid

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Village of Red Hook for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

82 households applied for aid $195K aid approved $16K to the Village of Red Hook for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Village of Red Hook for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

14 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2003

Snow

$3K to the Village of Red Hook for repairs

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

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. Red Hook covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Red Hook’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Red Hook. 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 Red Hook total about $408K 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.

Red Hook, NY natural hazards

How exposed is Red Hook?

What Red Hook faces

Inland flooding

Hurricanes

Earthquakes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Red Hook flood?

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Hurricane Irene

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

Snow

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