Natural hazards · Lindenwold

Lindenwold, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lindenwold comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2007. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lindenwold?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lindenwold to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Heat waves12%Cold waves10%Earthquakes6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Lindenwold faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

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 Lindenwold flood?

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

2paid claims since 2007

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

Biggest named events

April 2007 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $7K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lindenwold 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 Lindenwold

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LindenwoldDeclared for Camden County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$26K to the Borough of Lindenwold for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$86K to the Borough of Lindenwold for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

22 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $25K to the Borough of Lindenwold for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

103 households applied for aid $69K aid approved $24K to the Borough of Lindenwold for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$46K to the Borough of Lindenwold for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$49K to the Borough of Lindenwold for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

29 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $70K aid approved

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

Around Lindenwold

Lindenwold and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clementonmostly inland floodingLow

Laurel Springsmostly inland floodingLow

Lindenwoldmostly inland floodingLow

Stratfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Somerdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Gloucestermostly inland floodingVery low

Voorheesmostly inland floodingVery low

Gibbsboromostly inland floodingVery low

Pine Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Berlinmostly 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. Lindenwold covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lindenwold’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Lindenwold. 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 Lindenwold total about $3.0M 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.