Nutley, NJ natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nutley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 251 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsHow exposed is Nutley?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nutley to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
What Nutley faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Heat waves
Lower here
Not a risk here
Does Nutley flood?
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Nutley, from FEMA’s records.
Biggest named events
- Hurricane Ida: 67 claims, $4.1M
- Hurricane Irene: 55 claims, $900K
- Hurricane Floyd: 40 claims, $376K
Homes that flooded again and again
■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (8) ■ flooded 2+ times
are insured
are insured
What’s been done with FEMA grants
10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here
Disasters the President declared that paid out in Nutley itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Nutley.
Remnants of Hurricane Ida
Tropical Storm Isaias
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm
Hurricane Sandy
Severe Storm
Hurricane Irene
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm
Severe Storms and Flooding
Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding
Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations
Nutley and the towns around it
How to read this page
FEMA’s expected losses across Nutley total about $11.0M 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.