Natural hazards · Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lyndhurst comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 452 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 Lyndhurst?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lyndhurst to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Earthquakes5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Lyndhurst faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Lyndhurst flood?

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

452paid claims since 1978

$13.0Mpaid to owners

116homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 135 claims, $6.1M
Hurricane Irene: 111 claims, $3.3M
Hurricane Ida: 85 claims, $2.1M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (23) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lyndhurst 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Lyndhurst

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LyndhurstDeclared for Bergen County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

429 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $325K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$28K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$33K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

300 households applied for aid $561K aid approved $529K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

2011

Severe Storm

$51K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

308 households applied for aid $814K aid approved $378K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$47K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $784 aid approved $42K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

125 households applied for aid $178K aid approved $100K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$36K to the Township of Lyndhurst for repairs

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

Around Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lyndhurstmostly inland floodingHigh

Bellevillemostly inland floodingHigh

Rutherfordmostly inland floodingHigh

Kearnymostly inland floodingHigh

Nutleymostly inland floodingHigh

Secaucusmostly inland floodingHigh

North Arlingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Lyndhurst covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lyndhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Lyndhurst. 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 Lyndhurst total about $8.5M 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.