Natural hazards · Voorheesville

Voorheesville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Voorheesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Voorheesville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Voorheesville to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Tornadoes11%Hurricanes5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Voorheesville faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Voorheesville flood?

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

12paid claims since 1979

$85Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 2 claims, $21K
Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $31K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $2K

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

Insurance rates: Albany County.

Disasters that hit Voorheesville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VoorheesvilleDeclared for Albany County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Village of Voorheesville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

70 households applied for aid $185K aid approved $10K to the Village of Voorheesville for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$21K to the Village of Voorheesville for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

12 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2003

Snow

$4K to the Village of Voorheesville for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$11K to the Village of Voorheesville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$246K to the Village of Voorheesville for repairs

Albany County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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. Voorheesville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Voorheesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Voorheesville. 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 Voorheesville total about $598K 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.