Echelon is calmer than 81% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Echelon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2007.
What stands out about Echelon’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Echelon?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
Calmer than 503 of the 564 New Jersey towns we cover.
Echelon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
What Echelon faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Heat waves
Cold waves
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Does Echelon flood? Rarely: 3 flood claims since 2007
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Echelon, from FEMA’s records.
- The April 2007 nor’easter1 claim · $576
Echelon 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.Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for Camden County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Echelon itself in FEMA’s records.
Camden County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Get ready for what Echelon actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Know the nearest cooling center or air-conditioned library.
- Drink water before you feel thirsty.
- Check on neighbors who live alone.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Echelon and its neighbors
Echelon ranks 4th calmest of 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill | Low | inland flooding | 115 |
| Lindenwold | Low | inland flooding | 2 |
| Echelon | Very low | inland flooding | 3 |
| Somerdale | Very low | inland flooding | 7 |
| Lawnside | Very low | inland flooding | 0 |
| Voorhees | Very low | inland flooding | 10 |
| Gibbsboro | Very low | inland flooding | 3 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in August–October
The month each of Camden County’s 19 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Echelon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Echelon.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Echelon, expected losses total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Echelon.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.