Natural hazards · Kings Point

Kings Point, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kings Point comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 97 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 Kings Point?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kings Point to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Coastal flooding12%Hurricanes11%Earthquakes9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Kings Point 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 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

12% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Kings Point flood?

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

97paid claims since 1978

$2.5Mpaid to owners

11homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 17 claims, $1.0M
Hurricane Sandy: 14 claims, $718K
December Storm - Nor'easter: 10 claims, $199K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kings Point 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 Kings Point

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Kings PointDeclared for Nassau County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

17 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$190K to the Village of Kings Point for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $289K to the Village of Kings Point for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$49K to the Village of Kings Point for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$25K to the Village of Kings Point for repairs

2003

Snow

$18K to the Village of Kings Point for repairs

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

Around Kings Point

Kings Point and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Saddle Rockmostly inland floodingLow

Great Neckmostly inland floodingVery low

Kings Pointmostly 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. Kings Point covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kings Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Kings Point. 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 Kings Point 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.