Natural hazards · Lawnside

Lawnside, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lawnside comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lawnside?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lawnside to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Earthquakes12%Heat waves7%Cold waves6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Lawnside faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

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

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lawnside flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lawnside 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 Lawnside

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LawnsideDeclared for Camden County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

19 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

81 households applied for aid $72K aid approved

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Borough of Lawnside for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$7K to the Borough of Lawnside for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

10 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $71K aid approved

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

Around Lawnside

Lawnside and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cherry Hillmostly inland floodingLow

Tavistockmostly inland floodingLow

Haddonfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Somerdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Lawnsidemostly inland floodingVery low

Voorheesmostly inland floodingVery low

Magnoliamostly inland floodingVery low

Barringtonmostly 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. Lawnside covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lawnside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Lawnside. 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 Lawnside total about $700K 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.