Natural hazards · Scriba

Scriba, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scriba comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scriba?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scriba to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Everything else25%

By hazard

What Scriba faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Scriba flood?

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

12paid claims since 1979

$167Kpaid 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. Scriba isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Oswego County.

Disasters that hit Scriba

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScribaDeclared for Oswego County only

2017

Flooding

$41K to the Town of Scriba for repairs

2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$11K to the Town of Scriba for repairs

2004

Snow

$22K to the Town of Scriba for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$43K to the Town of Scriba for repairs

Oswego County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Scriba

Scriba and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Minettomostly inland floodingLow

New Havenmostly inland floodingVery low

Volneymostly inland floodingVery low

Oswegomostly inland floodingVery low

Scribamostly 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. Scriba covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Scriba’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Scriba. 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 Scriba total about $1.1M 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.