Natural hazards · Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ticonderoga comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2005. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ticonderoga?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ticonderoga to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding54%Avalanches31%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Ticonderoga faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Avalanches

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Ticonderoga flood?

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

4paid claims since 2005

$51Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $32K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Essex County.

Disasters that hit Ticonderoga

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TiconderogaDeclared for Essex County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$28K to the Town of Ticonderoga for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Town of Ticonderoga for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

23 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $2.3M to the Town of Ticonderoga for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$14K to the Town of Ticonderoga for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$3K to the Town of Ticonderoga for repairs

Essex County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Crown Pointmostly inland floodingHigh

Putnammostly inland floodingHigh

Haguemostly inland floodingHigh

Ticonderogamostly inland floodingHigh

Schroonmostly inland floodingLow

Shorehammostly inland floodingVery low

Orwellmostly 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. Ticonderoga covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ticonderoga’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ticonderoga. 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 Ticonderoga total about $3.0M 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.