Natural hazards · Rush

Rush, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rush comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rush?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rush to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Cold waves11%Drought6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Rush faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Rush flood?

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

4paid claims since 1979

$25Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit Rush

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RushDeclared for Monroe County only

2003

Ice Storm

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $16K to the Town of Rush for repairs

1999

Snow

$2K to the Town of Rush for repairs

Monroe County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Rush

Rush and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wheatlandmostly inland floodingLow

Mendonmostly inland floodingLow

Henriettamostly inland floodingVery low

Rushmostly inland floodingVery low

Avonmostly inland floodingVery low

Caledoniamostly 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. Rush covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rush’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rush. 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 Rush total about $808K 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.