Natural hazards · Delran

Delran, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delran comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 67 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Delran?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delran to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Strong wind5%Everything else27%

By hazard

What Delran faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Delran flood?

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

67paid claims since 1978

$811Kpaid to owners

11homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 7 claims, $36K
Hurricane Sandy: 6 claims, $86K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 5 claims, $20K

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. Delran 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Delran

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelranDeclared for Burlington County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

45 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

96 households applied for aid $92K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

25 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

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

Around Delran

Delran and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Delancomostly inland floodingVery high

Riversidemostly inland floodingVery high

Cinnaminsonmostly inland floodingVery high

Willingboromostly inland floodingHigh

Delranmostly inland floodingHigh

Moorestownmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Delran covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Delran’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Delran. 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 Delran total about $5.7M 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.