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Natural hazards · Taghkanic

Taghkanic, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Taghkanic comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2005. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Taghkanic?

37
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Taghkanic to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes8%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Taghkanic faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 83 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Taghkanic flood?

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

2paid claims since 2005
$15Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20052026

Biggest named events

  • Torrential rain: 1 claim, $1K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Taghkanic isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Columbia County.
Disasters that hit Taghkanic

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TaghkanicDeclared for Columbia County only
2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$16K to the Town of Taghkanic for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$13K to the Town of Taghkanic for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Town of Taghkanic for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$80K to the Town of Taghkanic for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$29K to the Town of Taghkanic for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Taghkanic for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$14K to the Town of Taghkanic for repairs
Columbia County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Taghkanic

Taghkanic and the towns around it

Livingston: Low, mostly inland floodingGallatin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClaverack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCopake: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAncram: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClermont: Low, mostly inland floodingGermantown: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreenport: Very low, mostly inland floodingCatskill: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPine Plains: Low, mostly inland floodingMilan: Low, mostly inland floodingGhent: Low, mostly inland floodingStockport: High, mostly inland floodingHillsdale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth East: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTaghkanic: Low, mostly inland flooding TaghkanicLivingstonGallatinClaverackCopakeAncram
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Gallatinmostly inland floodingModerate
Copakemostly inland floodingModerate
Ancrammostly inland floodingModerate
Claverackmostly inland floodingModerate
Livingstonmostly inland floodingLow
Taghkanicmostly inland floodingLow
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. Taghkanic covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Taghkanic’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Taghkanic. 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 Taghkanic total about $763K 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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