Natural hazards · Romulus

Romulus, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Romulus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Romulus?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Romulus to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Drought8%Tornadoes5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Romulus faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 81 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Romulus flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Seneca County.

Disasters that hit Romulus

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RomulusDeclared for Seneca County only

2003

Ice Storm

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Seneca County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Romulus

Romulus and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bentonmostly inland floodingModerate

Torreymostly inland floodingLow

Varickmostly inland floodingLow

Ovidmostly inland floodingVery low

Ledyardmostly inland floodingVery low

Romulusmostly 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. Romulus covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Romulus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Romulus. 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 Romulus 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.