Natural hazards · Gibbsboro

Gibbsboro, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gibbsboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1984. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gibbsboro?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gibbsboro to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Earthquakes11%Hurricanes7%Heat waves7%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Gibbsboro faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Gibbsboro flood?

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

3paid claims since 1984

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Gibbsboro 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.

Disasters that hit Gibbsboro

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GibbsboroDeclared for Camden County only

2015

Severe Storm

$28K to the Borough of Gibbsboro for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

2 households applied for aid $4K to the Borough of Gibbsboro for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $1K to the Borough of Gibbsboro for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the Borough of Gibbsboro for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$6K to the Borough of Gibbsboro for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Camden County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Gibbsboro

Gibbsboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lindenwoldmostly inland floodingLow

Voorheesmostly inland floodingVery low

Gibbsboromostly 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. Gibbsboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Gibbsboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Gibbsboro. 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 Gibbsboro total about $509K 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.