Natural hazards · Hampton

Hampton, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hampton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hampton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hampton to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Strong wind7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Hampton faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hampton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Hampton.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Hampton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Hunterdon County.

Disasters that hit Hampton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HamptonDeclared for Hunterdon County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

35 households applied for aid $107K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Sandy

47 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

34 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

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

Around Hampton

Hampton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hamptonmostly inland floodingHigh

Glen Gardnermostly inland floodingHigh

Lebanonmostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Bethlehemmostly 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. Hampton 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 Hampton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Hampton. 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.