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Russia, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Russia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2011. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Russia?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Russia to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Russia faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Russia flood?

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

9paid claims since 2011
$708Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20112026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Russia isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Herkimer County.
Disasters that hit Russia

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RussiaDeclared for Herkimer County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the Town of Russia for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$21K to the Town of Russia for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Russia for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Russia for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$5K to the Town of Russia for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Russia for repairs
Herkimer County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Russia

Russia and the towns around it

Trenton: Low, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingRemsen: Low, mostly inland floodingNewport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOhio: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPoland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorway: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFloyd: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarcy: Very low, mostly inland floodingSteuben: Low, mostly inland floodingUtica: Very low, mostly inland floodingSchuyler: Very low, mostly inland floodingForestport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBoonville: Very low, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHerkimer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMorehouse: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWebb: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Low, mostly inland floodingRussia: Moderate, mostly inland flooding RussiaTrentonDeerfieldRemsenNewportOhioPolandNorway
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Ohiomostly inland floodingModerate
Newportmostly inland floodingModerate
Norwaymostly inland floodingModerate
Russiamostly inland floodingModerate
Polandmostly inland floodingModerate
Remsenmostly inland floodingLow
Trentonmostly inland floodingLow
Deerfieldmostly 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. Russia covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Russia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Russia. 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 Russia total about $491K 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.

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