Natural hazards · Volney

Volney, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Volney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Volney?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Volney to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Volney 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

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Volney flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oswego County.

Disasters that hit Volney

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VolneyDeclared for Oswego County only

2007

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Volney for repairs

2004

Snow

$7K to the Town of Volney for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$26K to the Town of Volney for repairs

Oswego County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Volney

Volney and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Schroeppelmostly inland floodingHigh

Minettomostly inland floodingLow

Fultonmostly inland floodingLow

Granbymostly inland floodingLow

Palermomostly inland floodingLow

Volneymostly inland floodingVery low

Scribamostly 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. Volney covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Volney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Volney. 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 Volney total about $1.2M 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.