Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Tuxedo Park
Tuxedo Park isn’t graded for hazard risk: Tuxedo Park has 740 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2012.
What Tuxedo 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
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.
Does Tuxedo Park flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 2012
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Tuxedo Park, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Sandy1 claim · $3K
Tuxedo 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: Orange County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Tuxedo Park
Disasters that paid out in Tuxedo Park itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Tuxedo Park), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2021Remnants of Hurricane Ida3 households applied for aid$7K aid approved
- 2011Hurricane Irene78 households applied for aid$291K aid approved
- 2007Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding4 households applied for aid$8K aid approved
- 2003Snow$12K to the Village of Tuxedo Park for repairs
Orange County has had 25 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then hurricanes and tropical storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees; the 2001 World Trade Center declarations.
Also 2 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Orange County, 1999–2024.
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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.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Tuxedo Park
Does Tuxedo Park flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Tuxedo Park since 2012, $3K in all. The most claims came from Hurricane Sandy (1).
Is Tuxedo 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 Orange County, 31% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.9% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Tuxedo Park?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Tuxedo 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 Tuxedo Park?
By FEMA money that reached Tuxedo Park, Hurricane Irene (2011): 78 households applied for aid, $291K approved. By flood claims, Hurricane Sandy: 1 paid, $3K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Tuxedo Park.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Tuxedo 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.