Natural hazards · Warren

Warren, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warren comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Warren?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warren to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Warren faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times 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 Warren flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Herkimer County.

Disasters that hit Warren

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WarrenDeclared for Herkimer County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Town of Warren for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Warren for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$7K to the Town of Warren for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Warren for repairs

2002

Snowstorms

$6K to the Town of Warren for repairs

Herkimer County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Warren

Warren and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

German Flattsmostly inland floodingHigh

Richfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Richfield Springsmostly inland floodingHigh

Springfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Warrenmostly inland floodingModerate

Columbiamostly inland floodingModerate

Starkmostly inland floodingLow

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. Warren 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 Warren’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Warren. 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.