Natural hazards · Englewood

Englewood, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Englewood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 338 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Englewood?

63
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Englewood to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Everything else21%
By hazard

What Englewood faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Englewood flood?

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

338paid claims since 1979
$14.7Mpaid to owners
52homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ida: 104 claims, $8.1M
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 53 claims, $1.3M
  • Hurricane Irene: 50 claims, $1.4M

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (5) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EnglewoodDeclared for Bergen County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

968 households applied for aid $3.6M aid approved $4.9M to the City of Englewood for repairs
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$555K to the City of Englewood for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$115K to the City of Englewood for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

587 households applied for aid $56K aid approved $629K to the City of Englewood for repairs
2011

Severe Storm

$357K to the City of Englewood for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

211 households applied for aid $333K aid approved $64K to the City of Englewood for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$83K to the City of Englewood for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $156K to the City of Englewood for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

126 households applied for aid $133K aid approved $226K to the City of Englewood for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $990 aid approved
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$119K to the City of Englewood for repairs
Bergen County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Englewood

Englewood and the towns around it

Leonia: Low, mostly inland floodingTeaneck: Low, mostly inland floodingEnglewood Cliffs: Very low, mostly inland floodingTenafly: Low, mostly inland floodingFort Lee: Very low, mostly inland floodingPalisades Park: Low, mostly inland floodingRidgefield Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHackensack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBergenfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBogota: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Milford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRiver Edge: High, mostly inland floodingCresskill: Low, mostly inland floodingAlpine: Very low, mostly inland floodingEdgewater: Very high, mostly inland floodingEnglewood: High, mostly inland flooding EnglewoodLeoniaTeaneckEnglewood CliffsTenaflyFort Lee
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Englewoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Teaneckmostly inland floodingLow
Leoniamostly inland floodingLow
Tenaflymostly inland floodingLow
Fort Leemostly inland floodingVery low
Englewood Cliffsmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Englewood covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Englewood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Englewood. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Englewood total about $9.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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