Natural hazards · Tyre

Tyre, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tyre comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tyre?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tyre to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Drought11%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Tyre faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Tyre flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Seneca County.

Disasters that hit Tyre

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TyreDeclared for Seneca County only

2003

Ice Storm

$5K to the Town of Tyre for repairs

Seneca County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Tyre

Tyre and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Montezumamostly inland floodingModerate

Seneca Fallsmostly inland floodingLow

Galenmostly inland floodingLow

Savannahmostly inland floodingLow

Aureliusmostly inland floodingLow

Tyremostly inland floodingVery low

Juniusmostly 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. Tyre covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tyre’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tyre. 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 Tyre total about $684K 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.