Kingston Estates’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingston Estates comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 50 claims here since 1980.
What stands out about Kingston Estates’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
Kingston Estates and its neighbors
Kingston Estates has the lowest rating of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Shade | High | inland flooding | 6 |
| Mount Laurel | Moderate | inland flooding | 51 |
| Kingston Estates | Low | inland flooding | 50 |
| Cherry Hill | Low | inland flooding | 115 |
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.
How exposed is Kingston Estates?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.
Calmer than 391 of the 564 New Jersey towns we cover.
Kingston Estates covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
What Kingston Estates faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Earthquakes
Heat waves
Does Kingston Estates flood? Sometimes: 50 flood claims since 1980
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Kingston Estates, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Irene8 claims · $67K
- The Mid-spring storms4 claims · $31K
- The April 2007 nor’easter2 claims · $15K
Kingston Estates 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.The storms Kingston Estates remembers
None of the disasters declared for Camden County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Kingston Estates itself in FEMA’s records.
- 200414 flood claims paidThe most in any one year on record
Camden County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Old photos of Kingston Estates after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
Add to the Kingston Estates archive →Get ready for what Kingston Estates 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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Know the nearest cooling center or air-conditioned library.
- Drink water before you feel thirsty.
- Check on neighbors who live alone.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
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 Kingston Estates’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kingston Estates.
- 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 Kingston Estates, expected losses total about $2.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Kingston Estates.
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. Weather alerts: National Weather Service. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.