Natural hazards · Van Etten

Van Etten, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Van Etten comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Van Etten?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Van Etten to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Van Etten faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 41 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Van Etten flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chemung County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Van Etten

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Van EttenDeclared for Chemung County only

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

10 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $212K to the Town of Van Etten for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid

Chemung County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Van Etten

Van Etten and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Spencermostly inland floodingHigh

Van Ettenmostly inland floodingHigh

Erinmostly inland floodingHigh

Newfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Bartonmostly inland floodingHigh

Cayutamostly inland floodingModerate

Baldwinmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Van Etten is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Van Etten’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Van Etten. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.