Natural hazards · Warsaw

Warsaw, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warsaw comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1994. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Warsaw?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warsaw to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Warsaw faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Warsaw flood?

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

3paid claims since 1994
$11Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19942026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Warsaw isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Wyoming County.
Disasters that hit Warsaw

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WarsawDeclared for Wyoming County only
2001

Snow

$6K to the Village of Warsaw for repairs
1999

Snow

$6K to the Village of Warsaw for repairs
Wyoming County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
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. Warsaw covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Warsaw’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Warsaw. 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 Warsaw total about $2.9M 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.

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