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Natural hazards · Roselle Park

Roselle Park, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roselle Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 60 claims here since 1983. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Roselle Park?

19
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roselle Park to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Earthquakes11%Heat waves8%Strong wind6%Tornadoes5%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Roselle Park faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Roselle Park flood?

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

60paid claims since 1983
$763Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ida: 22 claims, $512K
  • Hurricane Irene: 13 claims, $108K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 6 claims, $44K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Roselle 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: Union County.
Disasters that hit Roselle Park

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Roselle ParkDeclared for Union County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

417 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved $184K to the Borough of Roselle Park for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$35K to the Borough of Roselle Park for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

379 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $328K to the Borough of Roselle Park for repairs
2011

Severe Storm

$5K to the Borough of Roselle Park for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

331 households applied for aid $691K aid approved $36K to the Borough of Roselle Park for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$20K to the Borough of Roselle Park for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

43 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $41K to the Borough of Roselle Park for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$6K to the Borough of Roselle Park for repairs
Union County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Roselle Park

Roselle Park and the towns around it

Kenilworth: Low, mostly inland floodingElizabeth: Low, mostly inland floodingCranford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnion: Low, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: High, mostly inland floodingNewark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBayonne: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLinden: Low, mostly inland floodingHillside: Low, mostly inland floodingNew York: Very low, mostly inland floodingRoselle: Very low, mostly inland floodingGarwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingWestfield: Low, mostly inland floodingClark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWinfield: High, mostly inland floodingRoselle Park: Very low, mostly inland flooding Roselle ParkKenilworthElizabethCranford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cranfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Kenilworthmostly inland floodingLow
Elizabethmostly inland floodingLow
Roselle Parkmostly 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. Roselle Park covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Roselle Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Roselle Park. 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 Roselle Park total about $2.3M 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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