Natural hazards · Quogue

Quogue, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quogue comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 274 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quogue?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quogue to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding66%Coastal flooding23%Hurricanes8%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Quogue faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

23% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% 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 Quogue flood?

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

274paid claims since 1978

$8.6Mpaid to owners

48homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 114 claims, $5.8M
The “Halloween” storm: 31 claims, $379K
Torrential rain: 26 claims, $285K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (8) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Quogue 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Quogue

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuogueDeclared for Suffolk County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

3 households applied for aid

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$4K to the Village of Quogue for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Village of Quogue for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

23 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $139K to the Village of Quogue for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid $37K to the Village of Quogue for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Village of Quogue for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding Assoc W Td Ida & Nor'easter

$349K to the Village of Quogue for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$34K to the Village of Quogue for repairs

2003

Snow

$8K to the Village of Quogue for repairs

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. Quogue covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Quogue’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Quogue. 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 Quogue total about $2.2M 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.