Natural hazards · Rodman

Rodman, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rodman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1998. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rodman?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rodman to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Strong wind7%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Rodman faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Rodman flood?

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

2paid claims since 1998

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Rodman

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RodmanDeclared for Jefferson County only

1999

Snow

$2K to the Town of Rodman for repairs

Jefferson County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Rodman

Rodman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pinckneymostly inland floodingLow

Lorrainemostly inland floodingLow

Adamsmostly inland floodingLow

Rutlandmostly inland floodingLow

Rodmanmostly inland floodingVery low

Watertownmostly 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. Rodman covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rodman’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rodman. 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 Rodman total about $1.3M 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.