Natural hazards · West Winfield

West Winfield, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Winfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2006. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Winfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What West Winfield 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 West Winfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 2006

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. West Winfield 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 West Winfield

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West WinfieldDeclared for Herkimer County only

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

10 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

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

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. West Winfield 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 West Winfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of West Winfield. 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.