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Great Neck Estates, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Great Neck Estates comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Great Neck Estates?

21
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Great Neck Estates to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Coastal flooding13%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes9%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Great Neck Estates faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% 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 Great Neck Estates flood?

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

29paid claims since 1978
$477Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ida: 4 claims, $63K
  • Not a named storm: 2 claims, $6K
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 2 claims, $65K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Great Neck Estates 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 Great Neck Estates

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Great Neck EstatesDeclared for Nassau County only
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$101K to the Village of Great Neck Estates for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$155K to the Village of Great Neck Estates for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$44K to the Village of Great Neck Estates for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$25K to the Village of Great Neck Estates for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Village of Great Neck Estates for repairs
2003

Snow

$15K to the Village of Great Neck Estates for repairs
Nassau County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Great Neck Estates

Great Neck Estates and the towns around it

Great Neck Plaza: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Hempstead: Very low, mostly inland floodingNew York: Very low, mostly inland floodingKensington: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreat Neck: Very low, mostly inland floodingThomaston: Very low, mostly inland floodingOyster Bay: Very low, mostly inland floodingHempstead: Low, mostly inland floodingGarden City: Very low, mostly inland floodingWestbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingRoslyn Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake Success: Very low, mostly inland floodingSea Cliff: Very low, mostly inland floodingGlen Cove: Very low, mostly inland floodingEast Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingOld Westbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingYonkers: Low, mostly inland floodingMount Vernon: Low, mostly inland floodingLawrence: Low, mostly inland floodingValley Stream: Low, mostly inland floodingLinden: Low, mostly inland floodingPelham Manor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPelham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBayonne: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElizabeth: Low, mostly inland floodingKings Point: Very low, mostly inland floodingSaddle Rock: Low, mostly inland floodingGreat Neck Estates: Low, mostly inland flooding Great Neck EstatesGreat Neck PlazaNorth HempsteadNew YorkKensingtonGreat Neck
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Great Neck Estatesmostly inland floodingLow
New Yorkmostly inland floodingVery low
Great Neck Plazamostly inland floodingVery low
Great Neckmostly inland floodingVery low
Kensingtonmostly inland floodingVery low
North Hempsteadmostly 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. Great Neck Estates covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Great Neck Estates’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Great Neck Estates. 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 Great Neck Estates total about $1.6M 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.

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