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Natural hazards · Bordentown

Bordentown, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bordentown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2005. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bordentown?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bordentown to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Earthquakes7%Strong wind5%Everything else20%
By hazard

What Bordentown faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bordentown flood?

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

7paid claims since 2005
$32Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20052026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $7K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $12K
  • Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $6K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bordentown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Burlington County.
Disasters that hit Bordentown

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BordentownDeclared for Burlington County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the City of Bordentown for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

66 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $33K to the City of Bordentown for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

102 households applied for aid $192K aid approved $4K to the City of Bordentown for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$19K to the City of Bordentown for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2009

Snowstorm

$10K to the City of Bordentown for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

25 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $7K to the City of Bordentown for repairs
Burlington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Bordentown

Bordentown and the towns around it

Bordentown: High, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMansfield: High, mostly inland floodingChesterfield: Low, mostly inland floodingFalls: Low, mostly inland floodingFieldsboro: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFlorence: Very high, mostly inland floodingLawrence: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Hanover: Low, mostly inland floodingTrenton: High, mostly inland floodingRobbinsville: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Windsor: High, mostly inland floodingUpper Freehold: High, mostly inland floodingBordentown: High, mostly inland flooding BordentownBordentownHamilton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bordentownmostly inland floodingHigh
Bordentownmostly inland floodingHigh
Hamiltonmostly 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. Bordentown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bordentown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bordentown. 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 Bordentown total about $1.5M 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.

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