Natural hazards · Carneys Point

Carneys Point, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carneys Point comes from coastal flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 56 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Carneys Point?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carneys Point to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from coastal flooding and inland flooding.

Coastal flooding48%Inland flooding30%Strong wind6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Carneys Point faces

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

Coastal flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Carneys Point flood?

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

56paid claims since 1979

$747Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 11 claims, $164K
Hurricane Sandy: 8 claims, $302K
Hurricane Floyd: 7 claims, $21K

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. Carneys Point isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Salem County.

Disasters that hit Carneys Point

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Carneys Point itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Carneys Point.

Brought FEMA money into Carneys PointDeclared for Salem County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

14 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $24K to the Township of Carneys Point for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

38 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $9K to the Township of Carneys Point for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Township of Carneys Point for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$10K to the Township of Carneys Point for repairs

Salem County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Carneys Point

Carneys Point and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pennsvillemostly coastal floodingVery high

Carneys Pointmostly coastal floodingHigh

Penns Grovemostly coastal floodingHigh

Wilmingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Manningtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Oldmansmostly inland floodingModerate

Pilesgrovemostly 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. Carneys Point covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Carneys Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Carneys Point. 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 Carneys Point total about $5.8M 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.