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Natural hazards · Sidney

Sidney, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sidney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sidney?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sidney to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Cold waves5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Sidney faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Sidney flood?

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

31paid claims since 1979
$703Kpaid to owners
9homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Lee: 11 claims, $341K

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. Sidney isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Delaware County.
Disasters that hit Sidney

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SidneyDeclared for Delaware County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$31K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$10K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$48K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2.0M to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

$9K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$23K to the Town of Sidney for repairs
Delaware County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Sidney

Sidney and the towns around it

Unadilla: High, mostly inland floodingOtego: Very high, mostly inland floodingSidney: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnadilla: High, mostly inland floodingMasonville: High, mostly inland floodingFranklin: High, mostly inland floodingBainbridge: High, mostly inland floodingWalton: Very high, mostly inland floodingGuilford: High, mostly inland floodingButternuts: High, mostly inland floodingOneonta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLaurens: Very high, mostly inland floodingMorris: High, mostly inland floodingSanford: High, mostly inland floodingTompkins: Very high, mostly inland floodingDeposit: Very high, mostly inland floodingAfton: Very high, mostly inland floodingMeredith: High, mostly inland floodingHamden: High, mostly inland floodingCoventry: Very high, mostly inland floodingColchester: Very high, mostly inland floodingSidney: High, mostly inland flooding SidneyUnadillaOtegoSidneyUnadillaMasonvilleFranklinBainbridgeWalton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Otegomostly inland floodingVery high
Waltonmostly inland floodingVery high
Unadillamostly inland floodingHigh
Unadillamostly inland floodingHigh
Franklinmostly inland floodingHigh
Bainbridgemostly inland floodingHigh
Masonvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Sidneymostly inland floodingHigh
Sidneymostly 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. Sidney covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sidney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sidney. 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 Sidney total about $3.5M 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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