Natural hazards · Greenport

Greenport, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 105 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 Greenport?

3
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenport to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding43%Hurricanes19%Coastal flooding19%Earthquakes6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Greenport faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Coastal flooding

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% 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 Greenport flood?

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

105paid claims since 1978
$2.6Mpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Sandy: 45 claims, $2.2M
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 16 claims, $139K
  • Torrential rain: 12 claims, $175K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Greenport 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 Greenport

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenportDeclared for Suffolk County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

10 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$14K to the Village of Greenport for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

73 households applied for aid $75K aid approved $281K to the Village of Greenport for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid $55K to the Village of Greenport for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Village of Greenport for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Village of Greenport for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$15K to the Village of Greenport for repairs
2003

Snow

$9K to the Village of Greenport for repairs
Suffolk County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
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. Greenport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Greenport. 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 Greenport total about $471K 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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