Natural hazards · Bellerose

Bellerose, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bellerose comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bellerose?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bellerose to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding52%Earthquakes18%Hurricanes10%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Bellerose faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bellerose flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Bellerose.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nassau County.

Disasters that hit Bellerose

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BelleroseDeclared for Nassau County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

78 households applied for aid $88K aid approved

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$54K to the Village of Bellerose for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

135 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $73K to the Village of Bellerose for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $7K to the Village of Bellerose for repairs

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

Around Bellerose

Bellerose and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellerosemostly inland floodingVery low

Floral Parkmostly 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. Bellerose 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 Bellerose’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bellerose. 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.