Natural hazards · Varick

Varick, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Varick comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1980.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Varick?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Varick to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Drought9%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Varick faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

9% 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 Varick flood?

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

4paid claims since 1980

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Varick 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 Varick

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Seneca County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Varick itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into VarickDeclared for Seneca County only

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

Around Varick

Varick and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fayettemostly inland floodingModerate

Bentonmostly inland floodingModerate

Genevamostly inland floodingLow

Varickmostly inland floodingLow

Ledyardmostly inland floodingVery low

Romulusmostly 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. Varick 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 Varick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Varick. 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.