Madison Park is calmer than 82% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Madison Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.
What stands out about Madison Park’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Madison Park?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
Calmer than 511 of the 564 New Jersey towns we cover.
Madison Park covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Does Madison Park flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Madison Park. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Madison 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: Middlesex County.What Madison Park faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Earthquakes
Cold waves
Strong wind
Tornadoes
Heat waves
Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for Middlesex County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Madison Park itself in FEMA’s records.
Middlesex County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Get ready for what Madison Park actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Madison Park and its neighbors
Madison Park has the lowest rating of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Bridge | Moderate | inland flooding | 98 |
| Sayreville | Low | inland flooding | 324 |
| Madison Park | Very low | inland flooding | 0 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in August–October
The month each of Middlesex County’s 23 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Madison Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Madison Park.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Madison Park, expected losses total about $956K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Madison Park.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Weather alerts: National Weather Service. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.