Natural hazards · Waddington

Waddington, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waddington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Waddington?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Waddington to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding62%Cold waves20%Earthquakes11%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Waddington faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Waddington flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Waddington

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaddingtonDeclared for St. Lawrence County only

St. Lawrence County has had 14 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. Waddington 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 Waddington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Waddington. 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.