River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 0.1248 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▼ Falling
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
In 2022, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY stood at 0.1248 Percentage of agricultural land area. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY peaked at 0.1605 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1248 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2022.
That places Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY 2479th out of 3147 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY, year by year
| Year | Percentage of agricultural land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1605 Percentage of agricultural land area | — |
| 2001 | 0.1543 Percentage of agricultural land area | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.144 Percentage of agricultural land area | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1425 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1415 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.14 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.139 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1373 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1407 Percentage of agricultural land area | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1423 Percentage of agricultural land area | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.1413 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1377 Percentage of agricultural land area | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1355 Percentage of agricultural land area | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1323 Percentage of agricultural land area | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1314 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.1282 Percentage of agricultural land area | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.1282 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1281 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.1302 Percentage of agricultural land area | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1302 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1306 Percentage of agricultural land area | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1258 Percentage of agricultural land area | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.1248 Percentage of agricultural land area | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1442 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.1373 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.1605 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1323 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.1281 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.1413 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.127 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.1248 Percentage of agricultural land area | 0.1306 Percentage of agricultural land area | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY was 0.1248 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1605 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1248 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- How does Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY ranks 2479th out of 3147 regions with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding rising or falling in Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset provides a global assessment of land, population, built-up area and cropland exposure to river flooding for different return periods. Exposure indicators to river flooding have been prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The datasets span the period 2000-2020 depending on data availability and is based on river flood hazard maps with a 10-, 20-, 50- and 100-year return period. A return period is the average or estimated time that a specific hazard is likely to recur. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): JRC River flood hazard map data, Copernicus Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer population grid data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org