Natural hazards · Rushford

Rushford, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rushford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rushford?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rushford to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Tornadoes6%Strong wind6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Rushford faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 75 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Rushford flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allegany County.

Disasters that hit Rushford

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RushfordDeclared for Allegany County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

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

Around Rushford

Rushford and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Caneadeamostly inland floodingVery high

Centervillemostly inland floodingHigh

Farmersvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Freedommostly inland floodingHigh

Rushfordmostly inland floodingModerate

New Hudsonmostly 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. Rushford is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rushford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rushford. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.