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Natural hazards · South Hackensack

South Hackensack, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in South Hackensack comes from coastal flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 45 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is South Hackensack?

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in South Hackensack to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from coastal flooding and inland flooding.

Coastal flooding51%Inland flooding34%Earthquakes9%Everything else6%
By hazard

What South Hackensack faces

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

Coastal flooding

51% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

WildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 South Hackensack flood?

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

45paid claims since 1979
$1.7Mpaid to owners
12homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 16 claims, $585K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 11 claims, $329K
  • Hurricane Ida: 4 claims, $460K

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. South Hackensack 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 South Hackensack

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in South Hackensack itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of South Hackensack.

Brought FEMA money into South HackensackDeclared for Bergen County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

105 households applied for aid $433K aid approved $33K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

89 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $71K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
2011

Severe Storm

$3K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

33 households applied for aid $108K aid approved $51K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$16K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

20 households applied for aid $30K aid approved $22K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$130K to the Township of South Hackensack for repairs
Bergen County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around South Hackensack

South Hackensack and the towns around it

Little Ferry: Very high, mostly coastal floodingGarfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTeterboro: Very high, mostly coastal floodingHackensack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWallington: Very high, mostly inland floodingCarlstadt: Very high, mostly coastal floodingMoonachie: Very high, mostly coastal floodingLodi: High, mostly inland floodingWood-Ridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRidgefield: High, mostly inland floodingRidgefield Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClifton: Low, mostly inland floodingPassaic: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSaddle Brook: High, mostly inland floodingElmwood Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHasbrouck Heights: Low, mostly inland floodingMaywood: Low, mostly inland floodingRiver Edge: High, mostly inland floodingParamus: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTeaneck: Low, mostly inland floodingBogota: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Rutherford: Very high, mostly inland floodingNorth Bergen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSecaucus: High, mostly inland floodingRochelle Park: High, mostly inland floodingSouth Hackensack: Very high, mostly coastal flooding South HackensackLittle FerryGarfieldTeterboroHackensackWallingtonCarlstadtMoonachieLodiWood-Ridge
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Moonachiemostly coastal floodingVery high
Little Ferrymostly coastal floodingVery high
Carlstadtmostly coastal floodingVery high
Wallingtonmostly inland floodingVery high
South Hackensackmostly coastal floodingVery high
Teterboromostly coastal floodingVery high
Lodimostly inland floodingHigh
Hackensackmostly inland floodingModerate
Garfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Wood-Ridgemostly 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. South Hackensack 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 South Hackensack’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of South Hackensack. 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.

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