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Natural hazards · Brielle

Brielle, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brielle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 172 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Brielle?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brielle to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding39%Strong wind35%Hurricanes7%Coastal flooding7%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Brielle faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

35% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years 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 wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Brielle flood?

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

172paid claims since 1978
$11.2Mpaid to owners
9homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Sandy: 116 claims, $10.6M
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 25 claims, $403K
  • The “Halloween” storm: 5 claims, $16K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Brielle

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrielleDeclared for Monmouth County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$29K to the Borough of Brielle for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

334 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $600K to the Borough of Brielle for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

31 households applied for aid $32K aid approved $54K to the Borough of Brielle for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$31K to the Borough of Brielle for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $948 aid approved $25K to the Borough of Brielle for repairs
Monmouth County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Brielle

Brielle and the towns around it

Manasquan: Very high, mostly coastal floodingPoint Pleasant Beach: High, mostly inland floodingPoint Pleasant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWall: Moderate, mostly strong windsSea Girt: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBay Head: Very high, mostly inland floodingTinton Falls: Moderate, mostly strong windsNeptune: Moderate, mostly strong windsSpring Lake Heights: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHowell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBelmar: Moderate, mostly strong windsBrielle: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BrielleManasquanPoint Pleasant BeachPoint PleasantWall
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Manasquanmostly coastal floodingVery high
Point Pleasant Beachmostly inland floodingHigh
Point Pleasantmostly inland floodingModerate
Briellemostly inland floodingModerate
Wallmostly strong windsModerate
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. Brielle covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brielle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Brielle. 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 Brielle total about $2.3M 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.

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