Natural hazards · Mineola

Mineola, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mineola comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 2010. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mineola?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mineola to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding55%Earthquakes18%Hurricanes11%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Mineola faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mineola flood?

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

13paid claims since 2010

$204Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

20102026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $949
Late summer storms: 1 claim, $8K

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. Mineola 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 Mineola

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MineolaDeclared for Nassau County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

47 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Sandy

188 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

12 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

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

Around Mineola

Mineola and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Garden Citymostly inland floodingVery low

East Willistonmostly inland floodingVery low

Williston Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Old Westburymostly inland floodingVery low

Mineolamostly inland floodingVery low

Westburymostly 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. Mineola covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mineola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Mineola. 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 Mineola total about $3.3M 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.