Natural hazards · Amityville

Amityville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Amityville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1,384 claims here since 1978. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Amityville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Amityville to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding50%Coastal flooding35%Hurricanes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Amityville faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

35% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Amityville flood?

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

1,384paid claims since 1978

$87.0Mpaid to owners

236homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 707 claims, $75.8M
Hurricane Irene: 207 claims, $6.4M
December Storm - Nor'easter: 173 claims, $2.2M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 4 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (46) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Amityville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Suffolk County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Amityville

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AmityvilleDeclared for Suffolk County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

82 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$186K to the Village of Amityville for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$35K to the Village of Amityville for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

1,958 households applied for aid $10.9M aid approved $1.2M to the Village of Amityville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

160 households applied for aid $310K aid approved $281K to the Village of Amityville for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$64K to the Village of Amityville for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$14K to the Village of Amityville for repairs

2003

Snow

$20K to the Village of Amityville for repairs

Suffolk County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Amityville

Amityville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Amityvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Babylonmostly inland floodingLow

Oyster Baymostly inland floodingVery low

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. Amityville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Amityville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Amityville. 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 Amityville total about $4.5M 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.