Natural hazards · Kensington

Kensington, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kensington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1981. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kensington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kensington to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Hurricanes11%Earthquakes7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Kensington faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

WildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kensington flood?

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

4paid claims since 1981

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 1 claim, $680
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kensington 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 Kensington

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KensingtonDeclared for Nassau County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

$23K to the Village of Kensington for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$150K to the Village of Kensington for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$11K to the Village of Kensington for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$15K to the Village of Kensington for repairs

Nassau County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Kensington

Kensington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Great Neck Estatesmostly inland floodingLow

Great Neck Plazamostly inland floodingVery low

Great Neckmostly inland floodingVery low

Kensingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Thomastonmostly 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. Kensington is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kensington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Kensington. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.