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Natural hazards · Manhasset

Manhasset, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Manhasset comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1978.

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

How exposed is Manhasset?

5
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes13%Earthquakes10%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Manhasset faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Manhasset flood?

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

23paid claims since 1978
$191Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 5 claims, $6K
  • Hurricane Ida: 3 claims, $65K
  • Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $8K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Manhasset 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 Manhasset

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ManhassetDeclared for Nassau County only
Nassau County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Manhasset

Manhasset and the towns around it

North Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake Success: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlandome Heights: Very low, mostly inland floodingMunsey Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingThomaston: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlandome: Very low, mostly inland floodingKensington: Very low, mostly inland floodingFlower Hill: Very low, mostly inland floodingRoslyn Estates: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreat Neck: Very low, mostly inland floodingSearingtown: Very low, mostly inland floodingManhasset Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingRoslyn Heights: Very low, mostly inland floodingUniversity Gardens: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth New Hyde Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Hempstead: Very low, mostly inland floodingNew York: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreat Neck Plaza: Very low, mostly inland floodingRussell Gardens: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlandome Manor: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreat Neck Gardens: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreat Neck Estates: Low, mostly inland floodingPort Washington: Very low, mostly inland floodingRoslyn: Very low, mostly inland floodingKings Point: Very low, mostly inland floodingSaddle Rock Estates: Low, mostly inland floodingSaddle Rock: Low, mostly inland floodingManhasset: Very low, mostly inland flooding ManhassetNorth HillsLake SuccessPlandome HeightsMunsey ParkThomastonPlandomeKensingtonFlower HillRoslyn EstatesGreat Neck
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Roslyn Estatesmostly inland floodingVery low
Plandome Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low
Plandomemostly inland floodingVery low
Great Neckmostly inland floodingVery low
North Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low
Munsey Parkmostly inland floodingVery low
Thomastonmostly inland floodingVery low
Kensingtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Lake Successmostly inland floodingVery low
Flower Hillmostly inland floodingVery low
Manhassetmostly 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. Manhasset covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Manhasset’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Manhasset. 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 Manhasset total about $1.7M 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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