Natural hazards · Lattingtown

Lattingtown, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lattingtown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 1990.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lattingtown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lattingtown to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Coastal flooding13%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Lattingtown faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% 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

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% 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 Lattingtown flood?

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

24paid claims since 1990

$1.1Mpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 13 claims, $845K
December Storm - Nor'easter: 4 claims, $116K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $43K

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. Lattingtown 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 Lattingtown

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Nassau County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Lattingtown itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into LattingtownDeclared for Nassau County only

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

Around Lattingtown

Lattingtown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lattingtownmostly inland floodingVery low

Mill Neckmostly inland floodingVery low

Oyster Baymostly inland floodingVery low

Glen Covemostly 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. Lattingtown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lattingtown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lattingtown. 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 Lattingtown total about $1.8M 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.