Natural hazards · Wallington

Wallington, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wallington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 638 claims here since 1984. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wallington?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wallington to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Wallington faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Wallington flood?

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

638paid claims since 1984

$13.4Mpaid to owners

106homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 287 claims, $6.3M
Hurricane Ida: 107 claims, $3.4M
Hurricane Floyd: 84 claims, $871K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (23) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wallington 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 Wallington

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WallingtonDeclared for Bergen County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

397 households applied for aid $811K aid approved $4.1M to the Borough of Wallington for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

201 households applied for aid $129K aid approved $98K to the Borough of Wallington for repairs

2011

Severe Storm

$13K to the Borough of Wallington for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

760 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $379K to the Borough of Wallington for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the Borough of Wallington for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

70 households applied for aid $70K aid approved $15K to the Borough of Wallington for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$381K to the Borough of Wallington for repairs

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

Around Wallington

Wallington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wallingtonmostly inland floodingVery high

East Rutherfordmostly inland floodingVery high

South Hackensackmostly coastal floodingVery high

Garfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Passaicmostly 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. Wallington covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wallington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Wallington. 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 Wallington total about $5.6M 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.