Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0FEMA expects less hazard damage per building in Floral Park than in 95% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Floral Park gets an A+ for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 95% of U.S. towns, #79 of 758 in New York. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (70%), then earthquakes (13%). Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2010.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Floral Park faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Floral Park’s grade
River and rain flooding is 70% of the building damage FEMA expects in Floral Park, and Floral Park’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 87% of U.S. census tracts. Next is earthquakes at 13% (higher than 71% of U.S. census tracts).
A+ #79 of 758 in New York; lower expected damage per building than 95% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Floral Park’s residents live in 4 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical New York town has lower expected damage than 69% of U.S. towns; within the state, Floral Park has less expected damage per building than 90% of New York towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $2.3M a year in losses across Floral Park: $1.8M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Floral Park flood? Rarely: 3 flood claims since 2010
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Floral Park, from FEMA’s records: 0.5 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 89% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Floral Park 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.7 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Floral Park
Disasters that paid out in Floral Park itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Floral Park), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2021Remnants of Hurricane Ida132 households applied for aid$269K aid approved$43K to the Village of Floral Park for repairs
- 2020Tropical Storm Isaias$402K to the Village of Floral Park for repairs
- 2012Hurricane Sandy396 households applied for aid$61K aid approved$839K to the Village of Floral Park for repairs
- 2011Hurricane Irene10 households applied for aid$4K aid approved$101K to the Village of Floral Park for repairs
- 2010Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm$86K to the Village of Floral Park for repairs
- 2010Severe Storms and Flooding$41K to the Village of Floral Park for repairs
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- 2003Snow$28K to the Village of Floral Park for repairs
Nassau County has had 22 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees; the 2001 World Trade Center declarations.
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Floral Park is 4th of the 6 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Floral Park | A+less damage than 97% | river and rain flooding | — |
| New Hyde Park | A+less damage than 96% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Stewart Manor | A+less damage than 96% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Floral Park | A+less damage than 95% | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| Bellerose | Aless damage than 94% | river and rain flooding | — |
| New York | A−less damage than 84% | river and rain flooding | 36,272 |
| Elmont | — | a Census area inside a town; graded with the town | |
| North New Hyde Park | — | a Census area inside a town; graded with the town | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Floral Park faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Floral Park
Is Floral Park at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Floral Park has lower expected damage per building than 95% of U.S. towns: A+ for hazard risk, #79 of 758 in New York. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (70%) and earthquakes (13%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Floral Park flood?
Flood insurance has paid 3 claims in Floral Park since 2010, $17K in all, or 0.5 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 89% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Is Floral Park in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Nassau County, 76% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 9.6% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Floral Park?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Floral Park’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Floral Park?
By FEMA money that reached Floral Park, Hurricane Sandy (2012): 396 households applied for aid, $61K approved, and $839K to the Village of Floral Park for repairs.
Is Floral Park at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (70%), and Floral Park’s rate for it is lower than 87% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Floral Park.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Floral Park’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.