Natural hazards · Rockleigh

Rockleigh, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockleigh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1999. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockleigh?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockleigh to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Earthquakes11%Hurricanes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Rockleigh faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rockleigh flood?

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

2paid claims since 1999

$192Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $7K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $185K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Rockleigh 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 Rockleigh

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockleighDeclared for Bergen County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Sandy

1 household applied for aid $8K to the Borough of Rockleigh for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Borough of Rockleigh for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Borough of Rockleigh for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$29K to the Borough of Rockleigh for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$29K to the Borough of Rockleigh for repairs

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

Around Rockleigh

Rockleigh and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rockleighmostly inland floodingLow

Northvalemostly inland floodingLow

Norwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Alpinemostly 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. Rockleigh is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rockleigh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Rockleigh. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.