Natural hazards · Munsey Park

Munsey Park, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Munsey Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 2014. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Munsey Park?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Munsey Park to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Hurricanes11%Earthquakes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Munsey Park faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

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 Munsey Park flood?

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

11paid claims since 2014

$163Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20142026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 5 claims, $95K
Late-September New York Flooding: 1 claim, $617
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $6K

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. Munsey Park 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 Munsey Park

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Munsey ParkDeclared for Nassau County only

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$8K to the Village of Munsey Park for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$316K to the Village of Munsey Park for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$19K to the Village of Munsey Park for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Village of Munsey Park for repairs

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

Around Munsey Park

Munsey Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Munsey Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Flower Hillmostly 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. Munsey Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Munsey Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Munsey Park. 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 Munsey Park total about $590K 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.