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Deerpark, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deerpark comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 136 claims here since 1981. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Deerpark?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Deerpark to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%
By hazard

What Deerpark faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Deerpark flood?

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

136paid claims since 1981
$3.5Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19812026

Biggest named events

  • Torrential rain: 47 claims, $1.9M
  • Hurricane Irene: 38 claims, $690K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 9 claims, $126K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Deerpark isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Orange County.
Disasters that hit Deerpark

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeerparkDeclared for Orange County only
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$45K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

$126K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$957K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$38K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$202K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$422K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $188K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
2003

Snow

$15K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
2002

Snowstorms

$27K to the Town of Deerpark for repairs
Orange County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Deerpark

Deerpark and the towns around it

Port Jervis: Very high, mostly inland floodingLumberland: Low, mostly inland floodingWestfall: Very high, mostly inland floodingMount Hope: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreenville: Very low, mostly inland floodingMamakating: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMatamoras: High, mostly inland floodingForestburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingShohola: Low, mostly inland floodingHighland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontague: High, mostly inland floodingMilford: Very high, mostly inland floodingWallkill: Very low, mostly inland floodingWawayanda: Very low, mostly inland floodingMinisink: Low, mostly inland floodingShawangunk: Low, mostly inland floodingCrawford: Low, mostly inland floodingBloomingburg: Low, mostly inland floodingFallsburg: Low, mostly inland floodingThompson: Very low, mostly inland floodingWawarsing: High, mostly inland floodingDeerpark: High, mostly inland flooding DeerparkPort JervisLumberlandWestfallMount HopeGreenvilleMamakating
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Westfallmostly inland floodingVery high
Port Jervismostly inland floodingVery high
Deerparkmostly inland floodingHigh
Mamakatingmostly inland floodingModerate
Lumberlandmostly inland floodingLow
Mount Hopemostly inland floodingVery low
Greenvillemostly 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. Deerpark covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Deerpark’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Deerpark. 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 Deerpark total about $3.3M 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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