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Natural hazards · Solon

Solon, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Solon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Solon?

63
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Solon to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Solon faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Solon flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Solon.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Solon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cortland County.
Disasters that hit Solon

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SolonDeclared for Cortland County only
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$252K to the Town of Solon for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Town of Solon for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$342K to the Town of Solon for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$105K to the Town of Solon for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$29K to the Town of Solon for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Solon for repairs
Cortland County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Solon

Solon and the towns around it

Freetown: High, mostly inland floodingCortlandville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTaylor: High, mostly inland floodingTruxton: High, mostly inland floodingMarathon: High, mostly inland floodingVirgil: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCincinnatus: High, mostly inland floodingHomer: High, mostly inland floodingSummerhill: High, mostly inland floodingGroton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPitcher: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCuyler: High, mostly inland floodingPreble: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFabius: Very low, mostly inland floodingTully: Very low, mostly inland floodingSolon: High, mostly inland flooding SolonFreetownCortlandvilleTaylorTruxton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Freetownmostly inland floodingHigh
Solonmostly inland floodingHigh
Taylormostly inland floodingHigh
Truxtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Cortlandvillemostly 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. Solon 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 Solon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Solon. 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.

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