Natural hazards · Salina

Salina, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Salina comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1982. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Salina?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Salina to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Strong wind8%Tornadoes7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Salina faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

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 Salina flood?

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

12paid claims since 1982

$47Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Fred: 3 claims, $18K
Torrential rain: 1 claim, $1K

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

Insurance rates: Onondaga County.

Disasters that hit Salina

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SalinaDeclared for Onondaga County only

2003

Ice Storm

$57K to the Town of Salina for repairs

Onondaga County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Salina

Salina and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lysandermostly inland floodingLow

Syracusemostly inland floodingLow

Claymostly inland floodingLow

Geddesmostly inland floodingVery low

DeWittmostly inland floodingVery low

Salinamostly 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. Salina covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Salina’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Salina. 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 Salina total about $5.1M 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.