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Fort Salonga, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fort Salonga comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 116 claims here since 1978.

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

How exposed is Fort Salonga?

8
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fort Salonga to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes14%Coastal flooding12%Earthquakes5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Fort Salonga faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Coastal flooding

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Fort Salonga flood?

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

116paid claims since 1978
$3.4Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Sandy: 39 claims, $2.1M
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 25 claims, $712K
  • The “Halloween” storm: 11 claims, $176K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Fort Salonga 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.
Disasters that hit Fort Salonga

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Suffolk County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fort Salonga itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Fort SalongaDeclared for Suffolk County only
Suffolk County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Fort Salonga

Fort Salonga and the towns around it

Kings Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingEast Northport: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorthport: Very low, mostly inland floodingHuntington: Very low, mostly inland floodingAsharoken: Very low, mostly coastal floodingSmithtown: Very low, mostly inland floodingNissequogue: Very low, mostly inland floodingCommack: Very low, mostly inland floodingCenterport: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreenlawn: Very low, mostly inland floodingOyster Bay: Very low, mostly inland floodingLloyd Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingDix Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingBabylon: Low, mostly inland floodingMelville: Very low, mostly inland floodingDeer Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingCold Spring Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingLaurel Hollow: Very low, mostly inland floodingEatons Neck: Very low, mostly coastal floodingBrookhaven: Low, mostly inland floodingIslip: Very low, mostly inland floodingStony Brook: Low, mostly inland floodingHead of the Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake Ronkonkoma: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrentwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingHauppauge: Very low, mostly inland floodingSt. James: Very low, mostly inland floodingRonkonkoma: Very low, mostly inland floodingFort Salonga: Very low, mostly inland flooding Fort SalongaKings ParkEast NorthportNorthportHuntingtonAsharokenSmithtown
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Asharokenmostly coastal floodingVery low
Fort Salongamostly inland floodingVery low
Northportmostly inland floodingVery low
East Northportmostly inland floodingVery low
Huntingtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Smithtownmostly inland floodingVery low
Kings 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. Fort Salonga covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fort Salonga’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fort Salonga. 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 Fort Salonga total about $2.4M 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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