Natural hazards · Chesilhurst

Chesilhurst, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chesilhurst comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2013. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chesilhurst?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chesilhurst to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Heat waves10%Wildfire10%Cold waves9%Earthquakes8%Hurricanes8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Chesilhurst faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Chesilhurst flood?

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

1paid claims since 2013

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Chesilhurst 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 Chesilhurst

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChesilhurstDeclared for Camden County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Borough of Chesilhurst for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$5K to the Borough of Chesilhurst for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

7 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

24 households applied for aid $44K aid approved $2K to the Borough of Chesilhurst for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Borough of Chesilhurst for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$19K to the Borough of Chesilhurst for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

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

Around Chesilhurst

Chesilhurst and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Winslowmostly inland floodingVery low

Chesilhurstmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Chesilhurst covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Chesilhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Chesilhurst. 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 Chesilhurst total about $239K 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.