Natural hazards · Northport

Northport, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Northport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 57 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Northport?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Northport to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Hurricanes15%Coastal flooding13%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Northport 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

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Coastal flooding

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Northport flood?

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

57paid claims since 1978

$1.0Mpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 12 claims, $607K
December Storm - Nor'easter: 11 claims, $178K
The “Halloween” storm: 3 claims, $16K

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. Northport 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.

Disasters that hit Northport

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorthportDeclared for Suffolk County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

76 households applied for aid $100K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Sandy

274 households applied for aid $313K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

12 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Suffolk County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Northport

Northport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Asharokenmostly coastal floodingVery low

Fort Salongamostly inland floodingVery low

Centerportmostly inland floodingVery low

Northportmostly inland floodingVery low

East Northportmostly 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. Northport covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Northport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Northport. 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 Northport total about $1.4M 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.