Natural hazards · Scipio

Scipio, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scipio comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scipio?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scipio to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Drought9%Everything else26%

By hazard

What Scipio faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Scipio flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cayuga County.

Disasters that hit Scipio

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScipioDeclared for Cayuga County only

2004

Snow

$7K to the Town of Scipio for repairs

Cayuga County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Scipio

Scipio and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nilesmostly inland floodingHigh

Flemingmostly inland floodingHigh

Scipiomostly inland floodingVery low

Venicemostly 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. Scipio covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Scipio’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Scipio. 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 Scipio total about $439K 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.