Natural hazards · Glen Rock

Glen Rock, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glen Rock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Glen Rock?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glen Rock to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Earthquakes6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Glen Rock faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Glen Rock flood?

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

26paid claims since 1978
$305Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Floyd: 6 claims, $17K
  • Hurricane Irene: 4 claims, $220K
  • Hurricane Ida: 3 claims, $18K

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. Glen Rock 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 Glen Rock

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Glen RockDeclared for Bergen County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

61 households applied for aid $79K aid approved $8K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$213K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$170K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

82 households applied for aid $386K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
2011

Severe Storm

$9K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

28 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $27K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$26K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $48K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

28 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $17K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$26K to the Borough of Glen Rock for repairs
Bergen County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Glen Rock

Glen Rock and the towns around it

Ridgewood: High, mostly inland floodingFair Lawn: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHawthorne: High, mostly inland floodingHo-Ho-Kus: High, mostly inland floodingParamus: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWashington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaldwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMidland Park: Low, mostly inland floodingWyckoff: Low, mostly inland floodingPaterson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSaddle Brook: High, mostly inland floodingElmwood Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRochelle Park: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Haledon: Low, mostly inland floodingProspect Park: High, mostly inland floodingGlen Rock: High, mostly inland flooding Glen RockRidgewoodFair LawnHawthorne
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Ridgewoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Hawthornemostly inland floodingHigh
Glen Rockmostly inland floodingHigh
Fair Lawnmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Glen Rock covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Glen Rock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Glen Rock. 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 Glen Rock total about $5.2M 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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