Natural hazards · Brooklawn

Brooklawn, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brooklawn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1980. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brooklawn?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brooklawn to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding59%Coastal flooding19%Earthquakes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Brooklawn faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

19% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Brooklawn flood?

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

21paid claims since 1980

$322Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 3 claims, $92K
December Storm - Nor'easter: 2 claims, $16K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $5K

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

No community discount. Brooklawn isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Camden County.

Disasters that hit Brooklawn

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrooklawnDeclared for Camden County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $6K to the Borough of Brooklawn for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

22 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $3K to the Borough of Brooklawn for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Borough of Brooklawn for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$6K to the Borough of Brooklawn for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $2K to the Borough of Brooklawn for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Camden County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Brooklawn

Brooklawn and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brooklawnmostly inland floodingHigh

Westvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Gloucester Citymostly inland floodingModerate

Bellmawrmostly inland floodingLow

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. Brooklawn covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brooklawn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Brooklawn. 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 Brooklawn total about $723K 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.