Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Fleischmanns
Fleischmanns isn’t graded for hazard risk: Fleischmanns has 148 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 36 claims here since 1978.
What Fleischmanns faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Fleischmanns flood? Sometimes: 36 flood claims since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Fleischmanns, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Irene14 claims · $616K
- Hurricane Sandy1 claim · $44K
Fleischmanns is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Delaware County.8 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Fleischmanns
Disasters that paid out in Fleischmanns itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Fleischmanns), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2017Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm$9K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs1 flood claim paid that year
- 2011Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee1 households applied for aid$10K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs
- 2011Hurricane Irene140 households applied for aid$453K aid approved$861K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs14 flood claims paid for it, $616K
- 2006Severe Storms and Flooding5 households applied for aid$6K aid approved$6K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs1 flood claim paid that year
- 2005Severe Storms and Flooding9 households applied for aid$11K aid approved$272K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs1 flood claim paid that year
- 2004Tropical Depression Ivan4 households applied for aid$17K aid approved
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- 2004Severe Storms and Flooding$76K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs
- 2003Snow$1K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs
Delaware County has had 30 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees; the 2001 World Trade Center declarations.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
- Fleischmanns residents get 10% off flood insurance.
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Questions about natural hazards in Fleischmanns
Does Fleischmanns flood?
Flood insurance has paid 36 claims in Fleischmanns since 1978, $889K in all. 3 properties have flooded more than once. The most claims came from Hurricane Irene (14).
Is Fleischmanns in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Delaware County, 23% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.9% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Fleischmanns?
Fleischmanns is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8), which takes 10% off federal flood insurance policies for its flood-proofing work. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Fleischmanns?
By FEMA money that reached Fleischmanns, Hurricane Irene (2011): 140 households applied for aid, $453K approved, and $861K to the Village of Fleischmanns for repairs. By flood claims, Hurricane Irene: 14 paid, $616K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Fleischmanns.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Fleischmanns’ residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.