Natural hazards · Lindenhurst

Lindenhurst, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lindenhurst comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2,523 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lindenhurst?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lindenhurst to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding54%Coastal flooding23%Hurricanes8%Earthquakes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lindenhurst faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

23% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% 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 Lindenhurst flood?

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

2,523paid claims since 1978

$97.4Mpaid to owners

364homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 969 claims, $77.6M
December Storm - Nor'easter: 307 claims, $3.0M
Hurricane Irene: 280 claims, $7.4M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 7 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (108) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lindenhurst 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

68flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

40homes raised above flood level

1flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Lindenhurst

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LindenhurstDeclared for Suffolk County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

129 households applied for aid $56K aid approved

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$290K to the Village of Lindenhurst for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$38K to the Village of Lindenhurst for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

4,117 households applied for aid $24.2M aid approved $3.6M to the Village of Lindenhurst for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

251 households applied for aid $558K aid approved $206K to the Village of Lindenhurst for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$15K to the Village of Lindenhurst for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$126K to the Village of Lindenhurst for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$25K to the Village of Lindenhurst for repairs

2003

Snow

$40K to the Village of Lindenhurst for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$13K to the Village of Lindenhurst 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. Lindenhurst covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lindenhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lindenhurst. 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 Lindenhurst total about $6.6M 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.