Storms, floods and disasters in Glens Falls North
Glens Falls North isn’t graded for hazard risk: Glens Falls North is a Census area inside a town, graded with the town. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1980.
What Glens Falls North 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
Earthquakes
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 Glens Falls North flood? Rarely: 6 flood claims since 1980
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Glens Falls North, from FEMA’s records.
Glens Falls North isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Warren County.The storms Glens Falls North remembers
None of the 13 disasters declared for Warren County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Glens Falls North itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 19813 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19801 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 20061 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
Warren County has had 13 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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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glens Falls | Aless damage than 90% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Queensbury | A−less damage than 82% | river and rain flooding | 27 |
| West Glens Falls | — | a Census area inside a town; graded with the town | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Glens Falls North faces
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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Glens Falls North
Does Glens Falls North flood?
Flood insurance has paid 6 claims in Glens Falls North since 1980, $19K in all.
Is Glens Falls North 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 Warren County, 0.4% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Glens Falls North?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Glens Falls North’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Glens Falls North.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Glens Falls North’s 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.