Natural hazards · New Hyde Park

New Hyde Park, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Hyde Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2012. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Hyde Park?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding53%Earthquakes18%Hurricanes11%Cold waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What New Hyde Park faces

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

Inland flooding

53% 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 73% 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

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 New Hyde Park flood?

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

1paid claims since 2012

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20122026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $17K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. New Hyde 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 New Hyde Park

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New Hyde ParkDeclared for Nassau County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

162 households applied for aid $282K aid approved

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$211K to the Village of New Hyde Park for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

508 households applied for aid $83K aid approved $587K to the Village of New Hyde Park for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

43 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $40K to the Village of New Hyde Park for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$52K to the Village of New Hyde Park for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$25K to the Village of New Hyde Park for repairs

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

Around New Hyde Park

New Hyde Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Garden Citymostly inland floodingVery low

Floral Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Stewart Manormostly inland floodingVery low

New Hyde Parkmostly 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. New Hyde Park covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Hyde Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of New Hyde 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 New Hyde Park 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.