Natural hazards · Fieldsboro

Fieldsboro, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fieldsboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fieldsboro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fieldsboro to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Earthquakes6%Strong wind6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Fieldsboro faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% 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 wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Fieldsboro flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979

$707paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $707

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fieldsboro 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 Fieldsboro

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FieldsboroDeclared for Burlington County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

10 households applied for aid $7K to the Borough of Fieldsboro for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

14 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Borough of Fieldsboro for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2009

Snowstorm

$2K to the Borough of Fieldsboro for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

15 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $5K to the Borough of Fieldsboro for repairs

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

Around Fieldsboro

Fieldsboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bordentownmostly inland floodingHigh

Fieldsboromostly inland floodingModerate

Fallsmostly 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. Fieldsboro is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fieldsboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Fieldsboro. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.