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Natural hazards · Haledon

Haledon, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Haledon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1984. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Haledon?

84
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Haledon to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Haledon faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Haledon flood?

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

23paid claims since 1984
$153Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19842026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ida: 6 claims, $104K
  • Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $27K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $1K

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. Haledon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Passaic County.
Disasters that hit Haledon

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HaledonDeclared for Passaic County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

270 households applied for aid $809K aid approved $54K to the Borough of Haledon for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$24K to the Borough of Haledon for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

92 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $54K to the Borough of Haledon for repairs
2011

Severe Storm

$9K to the Borough of Haledon for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

80 households applied for aid $174K aid approved $17K to the Borough of Haledon for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$20K to the Borough of Haledon for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

17 households applied for aid $30K aid approved $4K to the Borough of Haledon for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$56K to the Borough of Haledon for repairs
Passaic County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Haledon

Haledon and the towns around it

Paterson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWayne: Moderate, mostly inland floodingProspect Park: High, mostly inland floodingTotowa: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Haledon: Low, mostly inland floodingFair Lawn: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElmwood Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHawthorne: High, mostly inland floodingWoodland Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClifton: Low, mostly inland floodingLincoln Park: Very high, mostly inland floodingPequannock: High, mostly inland floodingPompton Lakes: Very high, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLittle Falls: High, mostly inland floodingFranklin Lakes: Low, mostly inland floodingOakland: High, mostly inland floodingWyckoff: Low, mostly inland floodingHaledon: Very high, mostly inland flooding HaledonPatersonWayneProspect ParkTotowaNorth Haledon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Haledonmostly inland floodingVery high
Prospect Parkmostly inland floodingHigh
Waynemostly inland floodingModerate
Patersonmostly inland floodingModerate
Totowamostly inland floodingModerate
North Haledonmostly inland floodingLow
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. Haledon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Haledon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Haledon. 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 Haledon total about $3.1M 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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