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Columbia County, NY

Risk-assessment baseline packet. County area 36021. Release 2026-10, data as of 2026-09-28.

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Plan clock

Approved, expires 2030-09-08

Plan
Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)
Approved
2025-09-09
Expires
2030-09-08
As of
2026-09-28
Days
1,441 days to expiry

Map group: Covered beyond 24 months.

What changed since your last plan (approved 2025-09-09)

New federal declarations
none (0 declaration rows; 0 counted incidents)
Storm Events records since approval
29 (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now
FMA RL 1, SRL 3 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 28
Repeat-flood change
First release: no prior release to compare.

Plan status for every jurisdiction in the plan

24 jurisdictions. Each row is that jurisdiction's own plan clock. Notes include other approved plans FEMA lists for the same jurisdiction.

JurisdictionTypeStatusPlanApprovedExpiresDays to expirynegative = days since expiryUpdate underwayNotes
Columbia CountyCountyApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-10-10
Chatham villageVillageApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-11-14
Hudson cityCityApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-10-16
Kinderhook villageVillageApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-11-25
Philmont villageVillageApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441
Valatie villageVillageApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-12-04
Ancram townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-10-22
Austerlitz townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-10-16
Canaan townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-09-25
Chatham townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-10-20
Claverack townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-12-01
Clermont townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2026-02-04
Copake townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-09-15
Gallatin townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-11-24
Germantown townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-11-24
Ghent townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-09-25
Greenport townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-10-20
Hillsdale townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-09-18
Kinderhook townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-12-08
Livingston townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-09-18
New Lebanon townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-09-11
Stockport townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-12-09
Stuyvesant townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-09-16
Taghkanic townTownApproved, expires 2030-09-08Columbia County 2025 (FEMA plan 109983)2025-09-092030-09-081,441member approved 2025-10-21

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

What the packet contains

Sections in FEMA checklist order. Each heading names the review item its tables support; whether the item is satisfied is decided by the plan and its reviewers. Full tables are in the downloads above.

Supports B1-a Hazards

16 of the 18 National Risk Index hazards apply here; omission evidence is shown only where NRI rates a hazard "Not Applicable", no federal declaration names it and Storm Events has no record of it since 1996.

Highest expected annual loss (NRI, modeled): Inland Flooding, Tornado and Hurricane.

Also check locally (not covered by NRI): dam failure (incl. upstream dams), levee failure, flash flood as its own subtype, ice jams, debris flows, erosion (riverine and coastal), land subsidence and sinkholes and expansive soils.

Check your state hazard mitigation plan's hazard list for this county; explain any hazard you drop.

Supports B1-b Location

  • Avalanche, Earthquake, Hurricane, Landslide, Tornado, Tsunami, Volcanic Activity and Wildfire: Census tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.
  • Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.
  • Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather: Affects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.

Supports B1-c Extent

Storm Events records for 15 of 20 hazard groups, with the scale, observed range and worst recorded event for each; the others say local data required.

  • Hail: 2.75 in hail, 2018-05-15
  • Thunderstorm Wind: 90 kt (104 mph), measurement type not recorded, Thunderstorm Wind, 1999-06-07
  • Tornado: F4 tornado, 1973-08-28, 3.4 mi path length (records before 1996 may include the whole path; rating and listing come from the county where the tornado began), 313 yd wide, $25,000 property; crops not recorded (1973 dollars)

Supports B1-d Previous occurrences

27 federal declaration rows for this area (18 counted incidents), each with type, dates and county Public Assistance dollars.

New since the last plan (approved 2025-09-09): none.

5 statewide declarations listed separately.

Hazards with no recorded events are stated as such (4 of 18).

Storm Events history: 1,311 records (notable ones in the PDF, all of them in the Excel file).

Supports B1-e Probability

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) for each hazard, with a descriptor from a scale defined in the packet.

  • Highly likely: Hail, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather
  • Likely: Cold Wave, Drought, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Inland Flooding, Landslide and Tornado
  • Possible: Avalanche, Coastal Flooding, Hurricane and Wildfire

Historical frequency by intensity band (tornado, hail, wind): 9 bands from Storm Events.

Supports B1-f Variation across the planning area

Range of census tract risk scores within the area for 18 hazards (21 tracts; rated tracts only).

24 member jurisdictions: plan clock, repeat-flood count, Public Assistance dollars and event records naming the place (starter, confirm locally).

Supports B2-a, B2-b Assets and impacts

Local data required

County-level starter. The plan must describe impacts for each participant and its own assets.

Storm Events damage since 2025-09-09: none reported in county-coded records (8 records); $2,000 reported for the zone (21 zone records). Data through 2026-06-30; nominal dollars.

Checklist of what to gather locally: Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard; A problem statement per participant per hazard; Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a); Future assets.

Supports B2-a Context

Population 61,549; building value $19,924,414,434 and agriculture value $113,859,231 (total, not at risk).

National Risk Index rating Relatively Low; social vulnerability Relatively Moderate; community resilience Relatively High.

Supports B2-c Repetitive loss

Repetitive-loss properties, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2): 1 repetitive loss, 3 severe repetitive loss. NFIP insurance definition: 28 and 4.

Mitigated 0; insured 6; NFIP data as of 2026-08-02. Counts by occupancy and for each member community are in the packet.

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Cite this

Hazard Plain (2026). Columbia County, NY: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-28; County area 36021). Preview: automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/ny/36021/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

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