Natural hazards · Absecon

Absecon, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Absecon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 148 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Absecon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Absecon to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes28%Strong wind11%Coastal flooding7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Absecon faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Absecon flood?

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

148paid claims since 1978

$4.9Mpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 35 claims, $1.6M
December Storm - Nor'easter: 12 claims, $199K
Hurricane Gloria: 10 claims, $130K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Absecon is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Atlantic County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Absecon

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Absecon itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Absecon.

Brought FEMA money into AbseconDeclared for Atlantic County only

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$11K to the City of Absecon for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

259 households applied for aid $192K aid approved $60K to the City of Absecon for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$68K to the City of Absecon for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

105 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $16K to the City of Absecon for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$27K to the City of Absecon for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

42 households applied for aid $56K aid approved $3K to the City of Absecon for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$3K to the City of Absecon for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Ida and a Nor'eas

$4K to the City of Absecon for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$30K to the City of Absecon for repairs

Atlantic County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Absecon

Absecon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Atlantic Citymostly inland floodingVery high

Pleasantvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Gallowaymostly inland floodingModerate

Abseconmostly inland floodingModerate

Egg Harbormostly inland floodingModerate

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. Absecon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Absecon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Absecon. 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 Absecon total about $3.3M 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.