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Counties with the Highest Natural Hazard Risk in New York

The top 25 of 62 New York counties on GIS Map, ranked by FEMA National Risk Index score (0-100, national percentile).

#CountyRisk Index score
1Kings County
99.3
2Queens County
99.2
3New York County
98.8
4Bronx County
98.3
5Erie County
97.7
6Suffolk County
97.3
7Nassau County
97.1
8Westchester County
96.2
9Monroe County
93.8
10Onondaga County
91.3
11Richmond County
91.0
12Orange County
90.6
13Rockland County
88.4
14Dutchess County
88.3
15Ulster County
87.7
16Broome County
87.5
17Oneida County
86.3
18Albany County
85.9
19Chautauqua County
84.6
20Niagara County
83.4
21Delaware County
83.3
22Rensselaer County
82.2
23Cattaraugus County
81.6
24Sullivan County
78.3
25St. Lawrence County
77.9

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Highest Natural Hazard Risk in New York”, https://gismap.land/rankings/new-york/highest-risk-counties. Figures from FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025).

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