Natural hazards · Teterboro

Teterboro, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Teterboro comes from coastal flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Teterboro?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Teterboro 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 Teterboro 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 Teterboro flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$406Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $405K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $870

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Teterboro 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 Teterboro

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TeterboroDeclared for Bergen County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

13 households applied for aid $33K to the Borough of Teterboro for repairs

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Borough of Teterboro for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

10 households applied for aid

2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid $4K to the Borough of Teterboro for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Teterboro

Teterboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Moonachiemostly coastal floodingVery high

Teterboromostly coastal floodingVery high

South Hackensackmostly coastal floodingVery high

Hasbrouck Heightsmostly 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. Teterboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Teterboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Teterboro. 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 Teterboro total about $5.0M 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.