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Natural hazards · Secaucus

Secaucus, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Secaucus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 62 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Secaucus?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Secaucus to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding64%Coastal flooding15%Earthquakes8%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Secaucus faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

15% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Secaucus flood?

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

62paid claims since 1978
$812Kpaid to owners
7homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Sandy: 14 claims, $524K
  • Hurricane Irene: 6 claims, $48K
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 5 claims, $55K

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. Secaucus isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hudson County.
Disasters that hit Secaucus

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SecaucusDeclared for Hudson County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

356 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $137K to the Town of Secaucus for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$108K to the Town of Secaucus for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

487 households applied for aid $820K aid approved $2.5M to the Town of Secaucus for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

203 households applied for aid $429K aid approved $59K to the Town of Secaucus for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$79K to the Town of Secaucus for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

40 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $53K to the Town of Secaucus for repairs
Hudson County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Secaucus

Secaucus and the towns around it

Jersey City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Bergen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyndhurst: High, mostly inland floodingEast Rutherford: Very high, mostly inland floodingKearny: High, mostly inland floodingCarlstadt: Very high, mostly coastal floodingHoboken: Very high, mostly inland floodingBayonne: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnion City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew York: Very low, mostly inland floodingRidgefield: High, mostly inland floodingFairview: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGuttenberg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest New York: High, mostly inland floodingEdgewater: Very high, mostly inland floodingNorth Arlington: High, mostly inland floodingRutherford: High, mostly inland floodingNutley: High, mostly inland floodingBelleville: High, mostly inland floodingWallington: Very high, mostly inland floodingNewark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHarrison: Very high, mostly inland floodingEast Newark: Very high, mostly inland floodingWood-Ridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoonachie: Very high, mostly coastal floodingSouth Hackensack: Very high, mostly coastal floodingSecaucus: High, mostly inland flooding SecaucusJersey CityNorth BergenLyndhurstEast RutherfordKearnyCarlstadt
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Carlstadtmostly coastal floodingVery high
East Rutherfordmostly inland floodingVery high
Lyndhurstmostly inland floodingHigh
Kearnymostly inland floodingHigh
Secaucusmostly inland floodingHigh
Jersey Citymostly inland floodingModerate
North Bergenmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Secaucus covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Secaucus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Secaucus. 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 Secaucus total about $12.2M 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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