Natural hazards · Harrington Park

Harrington Park, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Harrington Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 19 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 Harrington Park?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Harrington Park to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Earthquakes6%Hurricanes5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Harrington Park faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong 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 Harrington Park flood?

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

19paid claims since 1984

$585Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 4 claims, $109K
Hurricane Ida: 3 claims, $53K
Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $20K

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. Harrington Park 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 Harrington Park

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Harrington ParkDeclared for Bergen County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

35 households applied for aid $89K aid approved

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$68K to the Borough of Harrington Park for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

24 households applied for aid $157K to the Borough of Harrington Park for repairs

2011

Severe Storm

$58K to the Borough of Harrington Park for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

11 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $13K to the Borough of Harrington Park for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Borough of Harrington Park for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $36K to the Borough of Harrington Park for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

7 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $9K to the Borough of Harrington Park for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$8K to the Borough of Harrington Park for repairs

Bergen County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Harrington Park

Harrington Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

River Valemostly inland floodingModerate

Harrington Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Clostermostly inland floodingLow

Old Tappanmostly inland floodingLow

Norwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Emersonmostly 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. Harrington Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Harrington Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Harrington Park. 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 Harrington Park total about $1.7M 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.