Natural hazards · Tuckahoe

Tuckahoe, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tuckahoe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tuckahoe?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tuckahoe to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Everything else23%

By hazard

What Tuckahoe faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Tuckahoe flood?

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

27paid claims since 1979

$1.2Mpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 6 claims, $1.1M
April 2007 Nor'easter: 6 claims, $42K
Not a named storm: 5 claims, $56K

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. Tuckahoe isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Westchester County.

Disasters that hit Tuckahoe

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TuckahoeDeclared for Westchester County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$84K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

146 households applied for aid $509K aid approved $77K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$149K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

31 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $289K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

9 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $62K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$48K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

53 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $9K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

2003

Snow

$15K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$18K to the Village of Tuckahoe for repairs

Westchester County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Tuckahoe

Tuckahoe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tuckahoemostly inland floodingModerate

Bronxvillemostly inland floodingLow

Eastchestermostly inland floodingLow

Yonkersmostly 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. Tuckahoe covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tuckahoe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Tuckahoe. 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 Tuckahoe total about $1.6M 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.