Natural hazards · Red House

Red House, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Red House comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Red House?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red House to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Red House faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 House flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cattaraugus County.

Disasters that hit Red House

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Red HouseDeclared for Cattaraugus County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Red House for repairs

Cattaraugus County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Red House

Red House and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salamancamostly inland floodingHigh

Red Housemostly inland floodingModerate

Coldspringmostly inland floodingModerate

Carrolltonmostly inland floodingModerate

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 House covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Red House’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Red House. 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 House total about $1.1M 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.