Natural hazards · Sodus

Sodus, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sodus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sodus?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sodus to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Hail6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Sodus faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesIce 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 flood?

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

8paid claims since 1978

$230Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

December Storm - Nor'easter: 1 claim, $19K
Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $95K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sodus 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

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SodusDeclared for Wayne County only

2003

Ice Storm

$57K to the Town of Sodus for repairs

1999

Snow

$14K to the Town of Sodus for repairs

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

Around Sodus

Sodus and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lyonsmostly inland floodingHigh

Williamsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Sodusmostly inland floodingVery low

Sodus Pointmostly inland floodingVery low

Huronmostly inland floodingVery low

Arcadiamostly inland floodingVery low

Marionmostly 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 covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sodus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sodus. 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 Sodus total about $1.8M 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.