Natural hazards · Oradell

Oradell, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oradell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 28 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Oradell?

39
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding72%Earthquakes10%Hurricanes6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Oradell faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Oradell flood?

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

28paid claims since 1979
$651Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ida: 7 claims, $224K
  • Hurricane Irene: 6 claims, $279K
  • Hurricane Floyd: 3 claims, $33K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Oradell 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 Oradell

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OradellDeclared for Bergen County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

88 households applied for aid $340K aid approved $77K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$164K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$33K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

50 households applied for aid $252K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
2011

Severe Storm

$112K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

46 households applied for aid $93K aid approved $67K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$26K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $86K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

99 households applied for aid $110K aid approved $102K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$38K to the Borough of Oradell for repairs
Bergen County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Oradell

Oradell and the towns around it

New Milford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEmerson: Low, mostly inland floodingHaworth: Very low, mostly inland floodingParamus: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRiver Edge: High, mostly inland floodingBergenfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTeaneck: Low, mostly inland floodingDumont: Low, mostly inland floodingWestwood: High, mostly inland floodingRiver Vale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCloster: Low, mostly inland floodingHarrington Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWashington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDemarest: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFair Lawn: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRidgewood: High, mostly inland floodingHackensack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRochelle Park: High, mostly inland floodingMaywood: Low, mostly inland floodingOradell: Low, mostly inland flooding OradellNew MilfordEmersonHaworthParamusRiver Edge
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
River Edgemostly inland floodingHigh
New Milfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Paramusmostly inland floodingModerate
Oradellmostly inland floodingLow
Emersonmostly inland floodingLow
Haworthmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Oradell covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Oradell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Oradell. 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 Oradell total about $2.7M 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.

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