Natural hazards · Sodus Point

Sodus Point, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sodus Point comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 48 claims here since 1984. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sodus Point?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sodus Point to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Sodus Point faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% 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 Sodus Point flood?

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

48paid claims since 1984

$916Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19842026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Sodus Point

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sodus PointDeclared for Wayne County only

2017

Flooding

$233K to the Village of Sodus Point for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Ice Storm

24 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $65K to the Village of Sodus Point for repairs

1999

Snow

$3K to the Village of Sodus Point for repairs

Wayne County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Sodus Point

Sodus Point and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sodusmostly inland floodingVery low

Sodus Pointmostly 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. Sodus Point 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 Sodus Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sodus Point. 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.