Natural hazards · Sands Point

Sands Point, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sands Point comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 81 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sands Point?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sands Point to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Hurricanes12%Earthquakes8%Coastal flooding7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Sands Point faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Coastal flooding

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Sands Point flood?

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

81paid claims since 1978

$1.9Mpaid to owners

9homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

December Storm - Nor'easter: 16 claims, $404K
Hurricane Ida: 13 claims, $587K
Hurricane Sandy: 8 claims, $304K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sands Point 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 Sands Point

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sands PointDeclared for Nassau County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

5 households applied for aid $68K aid approved $152K to the Village of Sands Point for repairs

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$246K to the Village of Sands Point for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

20 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $506K to the Village of Sands Point for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved $108K to the Village of Sands Point for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Village of Sands Point for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$13K to the Village of Sands Point for repairs

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

Around Sands Point

Sands Point and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Manorhavenmostly inland floodingVery low

Port Washington Northmostly inland floodingVery low

Sands Pointmostly 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. Sands Point covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sands Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sands Point. 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 Sands Point total about $1.6M 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.