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Natural hazards · Allenhurst

Allenhurst, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Allenhurst comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Allenhurst?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Allenhurst to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding40%Strong wind40%Hurricanes8%Earthquakes5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Allenhurst faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

40% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Allenhurst flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Allenhurst, from FEMA’s records.

15paid claims since 1978
$711Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 3 claims, $137K
  • Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $500K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $16K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Allenhurst isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Monmouth County.
Disasters that hit Allenhurst

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Allenhurst itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Borough of Allenhurst.

Brought FEMA money into AllenhurstDeclared for Monmouth County only
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$20K to the Borough of Allenhurst for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Borough of Allenhurst for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

66 households applied for aid $86K aid approved $529K to the Borough of Allenhurst for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

18 households applied for aid $26K aid approved $107K to the Borough of Allenhurst for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$22K to the Borough of Allenhurst for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $43K to the Borough of Allenhurst for repairs
Monmouth County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Allenhurst

Allenhurst and the towns around it

Interlaken: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOcean: Moderate, mostly strong windsLoch Arbour: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDeal: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAsbury Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEatontown: High, mostly inland floodingWest Long Branch: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNeptune: Moderate, mostly strong windsTinton Falls: Moderate, mostly strong windsLong Branch: High, mostly inland floodingAllenhurst: Moderate, mostly inland flooding AllenhurstInterlakenOceanLoch ArbourDeal
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Allenhurstmostly inland floodingModerate
Interlakenmostly inland floodingModerate
Loch Arbourmostly inland floodingModerate
Dealmostly inland floodingModerate
Oceanmostly strong windsModerate
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Allenhurst is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Allenhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Allenhurst. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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