Natural hazards · Sinclairville

Sinclairville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sinclairville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sinclairville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sinclairville to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Sinclairville faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 Sinclairville flood?

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

14paid claims since 1979

$42Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chautauqua County.

Disasters that hit Sinclairville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SinclairvilleDeclared for Chautauqua County only

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Village of Sinclairville for repairs

Chautauqua County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Sinclairville

Sinclairville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sinclairvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Charlottemostly inland floodingModerate

Gerrymostly 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. Sinclairville is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sinclairville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sinclairville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.