Natural hazards · Delanco

Delanco, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delanco comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1982. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Delanco?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delanco to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Delanco faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Delanco flood?

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

11paid claims since 1982

$138Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $5K
Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $12K
Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $59K

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. Delanco 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 Delanco

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelancoDeclared for Burlington County only

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$32K to the Township of Delanco for repairs

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$27K to the Township of Delanco for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

18 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $85K to the Township of Delanco for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

45 households applied for aid $49K aid approved $13K to the Township of Delanco for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$26K to the Township of Delanco for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$14K to the Township of Delanco for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

16 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $25K to the Township of Delanco for repairs

Burlington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Delanco

Delanco and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Beverlymostly inland floodingVery high

Delancomostly inland floodingVery high

Riversidemostly inland floodingVery high

Edgewater Parkmostly inland floodingVery high

Willingboromostly inland floodingHigh

Delranmostly inland floodingHigh

Philadelphiamostly inland floodingModerate

Bensalemmostly 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. Delanco covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Delanco’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Delanco. 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 Delanco total about $3.1M 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.