Natural hazards · Old Field

Old Field, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Old Field comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Old Field?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Old Field to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding41%Coastal flooding31%Hurricanes14%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Old Field faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

31% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

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 Old Field flood?

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

15paid claims since 1978

$178Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

December Storm - Nor'easter: 4 claims, $58K
Hurricane Sandy: 3 claims, $53K
Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $7K

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. Old Field 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 Old Field

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Old FieldDeclared for Suffolk County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

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

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. Old Field covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Old Field’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Old Field. 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 Old Field total about $996K 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.