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Water Damage Restoration Help in Mattituck, NY
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The hamlet of Mattituck · Town of Southold
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Water doesn't stay where it lands. It soaks into drywall, insulation and flooring, and mold can start within 24 to 48 hours.
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Since 1978, federal flood insurance has paid $3.8 million on 207 claims in ZIP 11952, which takes in Mattituck, so water has reached homes here before.
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Flood risk: HighFlood zone. 173 of the 2,912 addresses here are inside FEMA's mapped flood zone. 416 more are within about 100 ft of its edge.
If your home is in it, most mortgage lenders must require flood insurance. That is a separate policy from homeowner's insurance, which usually covers a burst pipe or leaking appliance.
The percentage above counts all developed land, including lawns, parks and roads, not just homes.
Each square is about 650 ft across. Color shows how many of its addresses are mapped inside the zone:
- Fewer than half
- Half or more
- All
Groundwater. At 808 of the 2,900 addresses measured here, groundwater is within 14 ft of the surface, close enough to reach a basement floor.
In those basements, water can seep up through the floor and come back after pumping. At the other 2,092, water in a basement usually comes in from above.
12 addresses fall where the groundwater map has no reading.
Each square is about 650 ft across. Color shows the typical depth under its addresses (USGS map, spring 2013):
- Within 10 ft487
- 10 to 14 ft321
- 14 to 25 ft764
- Deeper than 25 ft1,328
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Why water gets into Mattituck homes
In Mattituck, flooding is the outside risk, and inside the house the risks are a cesspool backing up, pipes bursting in the cold, a wet basement and old plumbing leaking inside the walls.
- Water coming in from outside. If the water came in from outside, it is a flood claim: photograph the water line and every damaged item before cleanup starts, because the adjuster will ask for them. FEMA puts 12.7% of Mattituck's built-up land in its flood zone; a home there has about a 1-in-4 chance of flooding over a 30-year mortgage. Since 1978, ZIP 11952 has logged 207 federal flood insurance claims, so flood water has reached buildings in this ZIP before. Look up your street. Storm Damage Restoration help
- Sewage coming up a drain. A sewage cleanup runs in a set order: remove the water and whatever it soaked, disinfect, then dry; skipping a step leaves bacteria in the floor and walls. Homes in Mattituck treat their own wastewater in a cesspool or septic tank, so when the system is full, slow drains and gurgling pipes come before sewage in the lowest drain. Cesspool Overflow help in Mattituck
- A burst pipe. About 26% of Mattituck's homes sit empty part of the year, and a pipe that freezes and bursts in an empty house can run for days before anyone sees it; shut off the main valve and keep the heat at 55°F or higher before leaving for the winter. Frozen Pipe Burst help in Mattituck
- Water in the basement. A sump pump with a battery backup keeps running when a storm cuts the power, which is when the ground is wettest. Under Mattituck, the water table averages 22 ft deep but sits much closer to the surface on some streets, and those are the basements that can take on water from below. Basement Flooding help in Mattituck
- A leak in a wall or ceiling. A leak caught early is a drying job; one that has run for weeks inside a wall is a mold job, so have it opened up and dried properly. With 56% of its homes built before 1970, Mattituck has a lot of original plumbing, and an old pipe tends to fail slowly, as a stain or a soft floor, before it fails all at once. Ceiling & Roof Leak Water Damage help
Insurance and safety guidance from FEMA FloodSmart, the CDC and the Red Cross. How we measured the figures.
Street by street in Mattituck
See how many of its addresses are mapped inside the FEMA flood zone and how deep groundwater is mapped under it.
144 streets, from county address records. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
Streets inside the FEMA flood zone
173 of 2,912 address points in Mattituck are mapped inside a FEMA special flood hazard area. These streets hold the most of them:
- Camp Mineola Rd — 29 of 59 addresses
- Sound Beach Dr — 28 of 31 addresses
- Wickham Ave — 13 of 78 addresses
- Park Av Ext — 10 of 10 addresses
- Fay Ct — 7 of 11 addresses
- Ole Jule Ln — 7 of 70 addresses
- Naugles Dr — 7 of 37 addresses
- E Mill Rd — 6 of 14 addresses
Quick facts — Mattituck
Flood and storm
- FEMA flood zone
- AE (100-yr floodplain)
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone D Zones run A to E. A evacuates first.
- Hurricane Sandy high-water mark
- 8.8 ft The highest of 3 marks USGS surveyed in Mattituck after the 2012 storm, in feet above the NAVD88 datum — a reading at one point, not a level across all of Mattituck. Ground elevation here averages 24 ft on the same datum.
- Water nearby
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Long Island Sound to the west, Marratooka Pond to the south-east and Great Peconic Bay to the south-east.
Each direction is to its nearest point, from the center of Mattituck.
All 7 named water features
- South-east: Marratooka Pond, Great Peconic Bay, Deep Hole Creek, Long Creek, James Creek
- West: Long Island Sound, Mattituck Creek
Homes here
- Sewer status
- Unsewered (Cesspool/Septic)
In an emergency
- Nearest fire department
- Mattituck Fire Department
- Nearest emergency shelter
- Cutchogue East ElementaryNot every shelter opens for every storm, and the nearest may stay closed. Suffolk County announces which ones open; follow its alerts and local news before you go.
- ZIP code
- 11952
Mattituck's land area
- FEMA coastal wave zone (VE)
- FEMA 100-year floodplain (AE, AO)
- The flood-zone figure above says how much of the land these zones cover.
Sources: FEMA NFHL / NOAA SLOSH, US Census ACS, USDA SSURGO, Suffolk County records. Verified 2026-10-18. How we measured this.
Mattituck and nearby areas
2 of the other 5 areas compared here have a larger mapped floodplain share than Mattituck.
- New Suffolk 24.0%
- Jamesport 16.5%
- Mattituck 12.7%
- Cutchogue 9.8%
- Laurel 3.9%
- Northville 2.4%
- South Jamesport —
Share of developed area inside FEMA's mapped floodplain, largest first. No figure is shown for South Jamesport: it has no boundary of its own to measure.
2 of the other 5 areas compared here have shallower average groundwater than Mattituck.
- Jamesport 17 ft
- New Suffolk 18 ft
- Laurel 22 ft
- Mattituck 22 ft
- Cutchogue 27 ft
- Northville 51 ft
- South Jamesport —
Average depth to groundwater, shallowest first. No figure is shown for South Jamesport: it has no boundary of its own to measure.
2 of the other 5 areas compared here have lower average ground than Mattituck.
- New Suffolk 17 ft
- Jamesport 18 ft
- Mattituck 24 ft
- Laurel 24 ft
- Cutchogue 26 ft
- Northville 59 ft
- South Jamesport —
Average height above sea level, lowest first. No figure is shown for South Jamesport: it has no boundary of its own to measure.
Mattituck's seasonal-housing share is 26%, close to the 32% average across the 6 areas around it — a typical reading for the area rather than an outlier.
Compared with the areas around Mattituck. How we measured them.
Frequently asked questions about Mattituck
Is Mattituck in a flood zone?
Mattituck's FEMA-mapped flood zone is AE (100-yr floodplain), covering about 12.7% of the developed area, per FEMA's flood map (NFHL).
Does Mattituck have public sewer, or cesspools?
Mattituck is unsewered — nearly every property runs on its own cesspool or septic system.
Is Mattituck in a hurricane evacuation zone?
Mattituck falls in Suffolk County hurricane evacuation Zone D. Check the county's current maps before a named storm — zones are what county officials use when ordering evacuations.
Where is the nearest emergency shelter to Mattituck?
The closest Suffolk County emergency shelter to Mattituck is Cutchogue East Elementary. Shelter openings vary by storm — confirm with Suffolk County OEM before traveling to one.
About the figures for Mattituck
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Who to call for water damage in Mattituck
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