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Natural hazards · Teaneck

Teaneck, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Teaneck comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 84 claims here since 1979. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Teaneck?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Teaneck to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Earthquakes7%Hurricanes6%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Teaneck 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 61% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Teaneck flood?

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

84paid claims since 1979
$1.7Mpaid to owners
11homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 14 claims, $103K
  • Hurricane Ida: 13 claims, $1.0M
  • Hurricane Irene: 13 claims, $136K

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. Teaneck 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 Teaneck

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TeaneckDeclared for Bergen County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

565 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $336K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$717K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$84K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$151K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

819 households applied for aid $161K aid approved $790K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2011

Severe Storm

$538K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

377 households applied for aid $645K aid approved $115K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$77K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

111 households applied for aid $71K aid approved $397K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

373 households applied for aid $376K aid approved $156K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$43K to the Township of Teaneck for repairs
Bergen County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Teaneck

Teaneck and the towns around it

Hackensack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBergenfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEnglewood: High, mostly inland floodingBogota: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLeonia: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Milford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRidgefield Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRiver Edge: High, mostly inland floodingMaywood: Low, mostly inland floodingParamus: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouth Hackensack: Very high, mostly coastal floodingHasbrouck Heights: Low, mostly inland floodingLodi: High, mostly inland floodingTenafly: Low, mostly inland floodingDumont: Low, mostly inland floodingCresskill: Low, mostly inland floodingEnglewood Cliffs: Very low, mostly inland floodingFort Lee: Very low, mostly inland floodingPalisades Park: Low, mostly inland floodingOradell: Low, mostly inland floodingRidgefield: High, mostly inland floodingLittle Ferry: Very high, mostly coastal floodingTeaneck: Low, mostly inland flooding TeaneckHackensackBergenfieldEnglewoodBogotaLeoniaNew MilfordRidgefield ParkRiver Edge
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
River Edgemostly inland floodingHigh
Englewoodmostly inland floodingHigh
Bogotamostly inland floodingModerate
New Milfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Hackensackmostly inland floodingModerate
Ridgefield Parkmostly inland floodingModerate
Bergenfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Teaneckmostly inland floodingLow
Leoniamostly inland floodingLow
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. Teaneck covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Teaneck’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Teaneck. 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 Teaneck total about $10.7M 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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