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Natural hazards · Longport

Longport, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Longport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1,076 claims here since 1978. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Longport?

85
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Longport to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding46%Coastal flooding28%Hurricanes15%Strong wind6%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Longport faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

28% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Longport flood?

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

1,076paid claims since 1978
$37.9Mpaid to owners
42homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Sandy: 695 claims, $33.9M
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 182 claims, $2.4M
  • Hurricane Gloria: 44 claims, $201K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (9) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 25% off flood insurance. Longport is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 5) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Atlantic County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

36homes raised above flood level
1buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Longport

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LongportDeclared for Atlantic County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$16K to the Borough of Longport for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

357 households applied for aid $592K aid approved $2.2M to the Borough of Longport for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$62K to the Borough of Longport for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

4 households applied for aid
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$27K to the Borough of Longport for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid
2009

Snowstorm

$13K to the Borough of Longport for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Ida and a Nor'eas

$60K to the Borough of Longport for repairs
Atlantic County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Longport

Longport and the towns around it

Egg Harbor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOcean City: Very high, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGalloway: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEstell Manor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLinwood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSomers Point: High, mostly inland floodingNorthfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMargate City: Very high, mostly inland floodingPleasantville: High, mostly inland floodingAtlantic City: Very high, mostly inland floodingCorbin City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUpper: High, mostly inland floodingLongport: Very high, mostly inland flooding LongportEgg HarborOcean City
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Ocean Citymostly inland floodingVery high
Longportmostly inland floodingVery high
Egg Harbormostly inland floodingModerate
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. Longport 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 Longport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Longport. 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.

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