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Hasbrouck Heights, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hasbrouck Heights comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1979. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hasbrouck Heights?

39
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hasbrouck Heights to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Earthquakes6%Coastal flooding6%Hurricanes6%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Hasbrouck Heights faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Coastal flooding

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

WildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hasbrouck Heights flood?

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

27paid claims since 1979
$826Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ida: 4 claims, $49K
  • Hurricane Irene: 4 claims, $135K
  • Hurricane Floyd: 3 claims, $180K

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. Hasbrouck Heights 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 Hasbrouck Heights

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hasbrouck HeightsDeclared for Bergen County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

288 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $351K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$119K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$42K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$27K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

108 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $306K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2011

Severe Storm

$92K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

126 households applied for aid $249K aid approved $73K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$45K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $75K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

145 households applied for aid $196K aid approved $26K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $230 aid approved
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$32K to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights for repairs
Bergen County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Hasbrouck Heights

Hasbrouck Heights and the towns around it

Lodi: High, mostly inland floodingWood-Ridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTeterboro: Very high, mostly coastal floodingHackensack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoonachie: Very high, mostly coastal floodingGarfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSaddle Brook: High, mostly inland floodingRochelle Park: High, mostly inland floodingSouth Hackensack: Very high, mostly coastal floodingCarlstadt: Very high, mostly coastal floodingWallington: Very high, mostly inland floodingMaywood: Low, mostly inland floodingRiver Edge: High, mostly inland floodingParamus: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTeaneck: Low, mostly inland floodingBogota: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRidgefield Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLittle Ferry: Very high, mostly coastal floodingHasbrouck Heights: Low, mostly inland flooding Hasbrouck HeightsLodiWood-RidgeTeterboroHackensackMoonachie
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Moonachiemostly coastal floodingVery high
Teterboromostly coastal floodingVery high
Lodimostly inland floodingHigh
Hackensackmostly inland floodingModerate
Wood-Ridgemostly inland floodingModerate
Hasbrouck Heightsmostly 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. Hasbrouck Heights covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hasbrouck Heights’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights. 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 Hasbrouck Heights total about $2.5M 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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