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Huntington, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Huntington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 411 claims here since 1978. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Huntington?

5
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Huntington to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding59%Hurricanes16%Earthquakes8%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Huntington 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
Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Huntington flood?

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

411paid claims since 1978
$7.8Mpaid to owners
45homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Sandy: 60 claims, $4.3M
  • Not a named storm: 41 claims, $68K
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 41 claims, $867K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (7) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HuntingtonDeclared for Suffolk County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$31K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

184 households applied for aid $278K aid approved $395K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$10.0M to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$914K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

633 households applied for aid $147K aid approved $25.5M to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

59 households applied for aid $86K aid approved $3.7M to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$216K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding Assoc W Td Ida & Nor'easter

$18K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$80K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2003

Snow

$559K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$173K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
Suffolk County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Huntington

Huntington and the towns around it

Oyster Bay: Very low, mostly inland floodingLloyd Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingSmithtown: Very low, mostly inland floodingBabylon: Low, mostly inland floodingLaurel Hollow: Very low, mostly inland floodingIslip: Very low, mostly inland floodingHempstead: Low, mostly inland floodingGlen Cove: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Hempstead: Very low, mostly inland floodingAmityville: High, mostly inland floodingSea Cliff: Very low, mostly inland floodingLattingtown: Very low, mostly inland floodingMatinecock: Very low, mostly inland floodingWestbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingHuntington Bay: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrookhaven: Low, mostly inland floodingHead of the Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake Grove: Very low, mostly inland floodingBabylon: Low, mostly inland floodingOyster Bay Cove: Very low, mostly inland floodingCove Neck: Very low, mostly inland floodingHuntington: Very low, mostly inland flooding HuntingtonOyster BayLloyd HarborSmithtownBabylonLaurel HollowIslip
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Babylonmostly inland floodingLow
Oyster Baymostly inland floodingVery low
Laurel Hollowmostly inland floodingVery low
Islipmostly inland floodingVery low
Huntingtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Smithtownmostly inland floodingVery low
Lloyd Harbormostly 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. Huntington covers 55 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Huntington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Huntington. 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 Huntington total about $38.6M 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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