Natural hazards · Walworth

Walworth, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walworth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walworth?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walworth to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Tornadoes6%Strong wind6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Walworth faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Walworth flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Walworth

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WalworthDeclared for Wayne County only

2003

Ice Storm

55 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $162K to the Town of Walworth for repairs

1999

Snow

$23K to the Town of Walworth for repairs

Wayne County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Walworth

Walworth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Penfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Ontariomostly inland floodingLow

Ganandamostly inland floodingVery low

Walworthmostly inland floodingVery low

Marionmostly inland floodingVery low

Macedonmostly 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. Walworth covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Walworth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Walworth. 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 Walworth total about $1.3M 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.