Wayne County, NY Environment & Hazard Risk

• HailRelatively Moderate$1.1M/yr expected annual loss, about 1.5 events a year
• Ice stormRelatively Moderate$283K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.2 events a year
• Strong windRelatively Moderate$859K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.4 events a year
• HurricaneVery Low$156K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 41 years
• EarthquakeVery Low$364K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1,160 years
• LightningRelatively Low$248K/yr expected annual loss, about 28 events a year
• Heat waveRelatively Low$319K/yr expected annual loss, about 3.6 events a year
• LandslideVery Low$990/yr expected annual loss, about once every 4 years
• WildfireVery Low$27K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 8,763 years
• TornadoRelatively Low$802K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 7 years
• Winter weatherRelatively Low$37.1K/yr expected annual loss, about 26 events a year
• DroughtRelatively Low$41K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 2 years
• Cold waveRelatively Low$351K/yr expected annual loss, about 2.9 events a year
• Coastal floodingVery Low$1/yr expected annual loss, about once every 83 years

Bars show the national percentile score (0 to 100) for each hazard. Dollar figures are expected annual losses to buildings, people and crops. Not rated here: avalanche, riverine flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

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Homes with flood insurance

146 of 34,127 (0.4%)

Homes in high-risk flood zones

0

Flood claims since 1978

209

Claims paid since 1978

$2.5M

• Thunderstorm Wind219
• Hail59
• Heavy Snow48
• High Wind42
• Winter Storm39
• Lake-Effect Snow28
• Flash Flood28
• Frost/Freeze19
• Flood10
• Coastal Flood7

• Ice Storm04/04/2003

  Wayne

  $10M damage

  What happened

  Low pressure over Illinois brought a mix of wintry weather to parts of the Genesee Valley, the Finger Lakes and the North Country. Across the North Country the precipitation mainly fell as snow mixed with sleet at times. Nine to twelve inches accumulated over the higher elevations. Across the Genesee Valley and the Finger Lakes, the precipitation fell mainly as freezing rain. Up to an inch of ice accumulation was measured. Hardest hit areas were eastern Monroe, Wayne and northern Cayuga counties. A Federal Disaster Declaration included Livingston, Monroe, northern Cayuga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, and Wayne counties. The heavy ice accumulation downed trees, limbs and power and telephone lines. Over 175000 customers lost power. In some cases power outages lasted for up to one week. Schools and businesses closed for several days. Over 100 shelters were opened to house people without utilities. The falling trees and power poles produced a significant amount of damage to structures and automobiles. In Cato, northern Cayuga county, a sixty-year-old woman was killed when an ice-laden maple tree fell onto and crushed the pickup truck she was sitting in. Agriculturally, fruit trees...

• Thunderstorm Wind09/07/1998

  Lyons, Wayne County

  $5.5M damage

  What happened

  Severe thunderstorms moved onshore over northeast Niagara county shortly before midnight near Olcott and Golden Hill State Park in Barker. The line of storms quickly moved across Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, and northern Cayuga counties. Across the area the damage path was nearly one hundred miles long and five to ten miles wide. Winds were estimated between 80 and 100 mph throughout the two hour event. Along the entire path, damage and debris all laid in an easterly direction consistent with the damage from straight-line winds. Most of the damage consisted of downed trees and limbs. The falling trees and limbs in turn downed power and telephone lines and resulted in damage to buildings and automobiles. Power outages, some lasting nearly a week, were widespread across parts of Orleans, Monroe and Wayne counties. Hundreds of thousands of customers were without power. The strong winds themselves also resulted in structural damage to homes, barns and buildings along the path including some in Lydonville, Albion, Holley, Brockport, Bushnells Basin, Macedon and Clyde. Several aircraft were damaged at the Rochester Airport where wind gusts were measured at 89 mph. States of...

• Thunderstorm Wind09/07/1998

  Macedon, Wayne County

  $5M damage

  What happened

  Severe thunderstorms moved onshore over northeast Niagara county shortly before midnight near Olcott and Golden Hill State Park in Barker. The line of storms quickly moved across Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, and northern Cayuga counties. Across the area the damage path was nearly one hundred miles long and five to ten miles wide. Winds were estimated between 80 and 100 mph throughout the two hour event. Along the entire path, damage and debris all laid in an easterly direction consistent with the damage from straight-line winds. Most of the damage consisted of downed trees and limbs. The falling trees and limbs in turn downed power and telephone lines and resulted in damage to buildings and automobiles. Power outages, some lasting nearly a week, were widespread across parts of Orleans, Monroe and Wayne counties. Hundreds of thousands of customers were without power. The strong winds themselves also resulted in structural damage to homes, barns and buildings along the path including some in Lydonville, Albion, Holley, Brockport, Bushnells Basin, Macedon and Clyde. Several aircraft were damaged at the Rochester Airport where wind gusts were measured at 89 mph. States of...

• Hail0.88" hail06/16/2008

  Palmyra, Wayne County

  $3.5M damage

  What happened

  Western and central New Yorkers experienced a rare widespread large and damaging hail event on the 16th of June. A warm humid airmass at the surface combined with an increasingly cold airmass advecting in aloft. Thunderstorm activity initially focused on the main lake convergence boundary between the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario breezes. The first cells exploded over Niagara and Orleans counties shortly before 1 p.m. and reports of hail came in almost immediately. For the next two hours, cell after cell rolled along a similar path across southern Niagara, southern Orleans, Monroe, Wayne and northern Cayuga counties���many of which had hail of up to an inch-an-a-half diameter. The activity waned for next few hours but after some additional heating due to clearing skies, more hail-filled cells developed. These storms produced hail up to two inches in diameter���a rare event for western New York. One particular thunderstorm formed over Grand Island, Erie county, and intensified as it moved southeast across the densely-populated northern and eastern suburbs of Buffalo. The golf-ball sized hail damaged thousands of automobiles as well as windows, roofs and awnings on homes. At the...

• Hail1" hail06/16/2008

  East Williamson, Wayne County

  $3.5M damage

  What happened

  Western and central New Yorkers experienced a rare widespread large and damaging hail event on the 16th of June. A warm humid airmass at the surface combined with an increasingly cold airmass advecting in aloft. Thunderstorm activity initially focused on the main lake convergence boundary between the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario breezes. The first cells exploded over Niagara and Orleans counties shortly before 1 p.m. and reports of hail came in almost immediately. For the next two hours, cell after cell rolled along a similar path across southern Niagara, southern Orleans, Monroe, Wayne and northern Cayuga counties���many of which had hail of up to an inch-an-a-half diameter. The activity waned for next few hours but after some additional heating due to clearing skies, more hail-filled cells developed. These storms produced hail up to two inches in diameter���a rare event for western New York. One particular thunderstorm formed over Grand Island, Erie county, and intensified as it moved southeast across the densely-populated northern and eastern suburbs of Buffalo. The golf-ball sized hail damaged thousands of automobiles as well as windows, roofs and awnings on homes. At the...

• Hail0.75" hail06/16/2008

  Rose, Wayne County

  $3.5M damage

  What happened

  Western and central New Yorkers experienced a rare widespread large and damaging hail event on the 16th of June. A warm humid airmass at the surface combined with an increasingly cold airmass advecting in aloft. Thunderstorm activity initially focused on the main lake convergence boundary between the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario breezes. The first cells exploded over Niagara and Orleans counties shortly before 1 p.m. and reports of hail came in almost immediately. For the next two hours, cell after cell rolled along a similar path across southern Niagara, southern Orleans, Monroe, Wayne and northern Cayuga counties���many of which had hail of up to an inch-an-a-half diameter. The activity waned for next few hours but after some additional heating due to clearing skies, more hail-filled cells developed. These storms produced hail up to two inches in diameter���a rare event for western New York. One particular thunderstorm formed over Grand Island, Erie county, and intensified as it moved southeast across the densely-populated northern and eastern suburbs of Buffalo. The golf-ball sized hail damaged thousands of automobiles as well as windows, roofs and awnings on homes. At the...

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