Natural hazards · Springs

Springs, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springs comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1991.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springs?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding64%Hurricanes16%Coastal flooding10%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Springs faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Coastal flooding

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% 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 Springs flood?

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

14paid claims since 1991

$222Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19912026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 4 claims, $71K
Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $1K
December Storm - Nor'easter: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Springs 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 Springs

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Suffolk County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Springs itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SpringsDeclared for Suffolk County only

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

Around Springs

Springs and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Amagansettmostly inland floodingLow

East Hampton Northmostly inland floodingVery low

Springsmostly inland floodingVery low

Northwest Harbormostly 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. Springs covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springs’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Springs. 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 Springs 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.