Natural hazards · Springville

Springville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Springville?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springville to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Cold waves12%Tornadoes8%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Springville 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
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Springville flood?

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

15paid claims since 1979
$320Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Late summer storms: 5 claims, $15K

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Springville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringvilleDeclared for Erie County only
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $41K aid approved $82K to the Village of Springville for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storm

$15K to the Village of Springville for repairs
2000

Snow

$6K to the Village of Springville for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Village of Springville for repairs
1999

Snow

$14K to the Village of Springville for repairs
Erie County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
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. Springville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Springville. 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 Springville total about $1.2M 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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