Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Storms, floods and disasters in Dushore
Dushore isn’t graded for hazard risk: Dushore has 459 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1996.
What Dushore 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 Dushore flood? Rarely: 4 flood claims since 1996
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Dushore, from FEMA’s records.
- Tropical Storm Lee2 claims · $94K
- Hurricane Irene1 claim · $12K
Dushore isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sullivan County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Dushore
Disasters that paid out in Dushore itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Borough of Dushore), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2011Tropical Storm Lee69 households applied for aid$144K aid approved2 flood claims paid for it, $94K
- 2011Hurricane Irene16 households applied for aid$26K aid approved1 flood claim paid for it, $12K
- 2004Tropical Depression Ivan16 households applied for aid$23K aid approved
Sullivan County has had 19 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.
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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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Dushore
Does Dushore flood?
Flood insurance has paid 4 claims in Dushore since 1996, $108K in all. The most claims came from Tropical Storm Lee (2).
Is Dushore 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 Sullivan County, 12% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.0% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Dushore?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Dushore’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Dushore?
By FEMA money that reached Dushore, Tropical Storm Lee (2011): 69 households applied for aid, $144K approved. By flood claims, Tropical Storm Lee: 2 paid, $94K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Dushore.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Dushore’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.