Natural hazards · Evesham

Evesham, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Evesham comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Evesham?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Evesham to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Strong wind9%Earthquakes8%Hurricanes7%Heat waves6%Cold waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Evesham faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Evesham flood?

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

26paid claims since 1978

$263Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $7K
Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $16K

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. Evesham 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 Evesham

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EveshamDeclared for Burlington County only

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$230K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$336K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$198K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$564K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$105K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

1 household applied for aid $192 aid approved $40K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$195K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$115K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Evesham for repairs

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

Around Evesham

Evesham and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Medfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Mount Laurelmostly inland floodingModerate

Cherry Hillmostly inland floodingLow

Eveshammostly inland floodingLow

Voorheesmostly inland floodingVery low

Waterfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Berlinmostly 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. Evesham covers 11 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Evesham’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Evesham. 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 Evesham total about $10.1M 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.