Natural hazards · Verona

Verona, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Verona comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1993. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Verona?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Verona to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Verona faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Verona flood?

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

10paid claims since 1993

$97Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Lee: 2 claims, $45K

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

Insurance rates: Oneida County.

Disasters that hit Verona

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VeronaDeclared for Oneida County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$24K to the Town of Verona for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$166K to the Town of Verona for repairs

2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$20K to the Town of Verona for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $19K to the Town of Verona for repairs

2004

Snow

$16K to the Town of Verona for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

1 household applied for aid $587 aid approved $4K to the Town of Verona for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$15K to the Town of Verona for repairs

Oneida County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Verona

Verona and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Viennamostly inland floodingVery high

Oneidamostly inland floodingHigh

Veronamostly inland floodingModerate

Vernonmostly inland floodingModerate

Lenoxmostly inland floodingLow

Westmorelandmostly inland floodingVery low

Romemostly 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. Verona covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Verona’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Verona. 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 Verona total about $2.0M 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.