Photo: Swampyank · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Greene
Greene isn’t graded for hazard risk: Greene has 962 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2010.
What Greene 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 Greene flood? Rarely: 2 flood claims since 2010
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Greene, from FEMA’s records.
- The March 2010 nor’easter1 claim · $243
Greene isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kent County.The storms Greene remembers
None of the 16 disasters declared for Kent County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Greene itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 20101 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Storms and Flooding, declared for Kent County
- 20191 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
Kent County has had 16 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often winter storms, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Old photos of Greene after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
Add to the Greene archive →Get ready for what Greene 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.
- 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 Greene
Does Greene flood?
Flood insurance has paid 2 claims in Greene since 2010, $2K in all. The most claims came from March 2010 Nor'easter (1).
Is Greene 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 Kent County, 48% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 2.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Greene?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Greene’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 Greene?
By flood claims, March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 paid, $243.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Greene.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Greene’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.