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Natural hazards · Maple Shade

Maple Shade, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maple Shade comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2004. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Maple Shade?

76
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maple Shade to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Earthquakes5%Everything else22%
By hazard

What Maple Shade faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Maple Shade flood?

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

6paid claims since 2004
$261Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20042026

Biggest named events

  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $4K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $6K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Maple Shade isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Burlington County.
Disasters that hit Maple Shade

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Maple Shade itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Maple Shade.

Brought FEMA money into Maple ShadeDeclared for Burlington County only
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$38K to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$37K to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
2015

Severe Storm

$142K to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

32 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $119K to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

50 households applied for aid $85K aid approved $33K to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$21K to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2009

Snowstorm

$23K to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

24 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $788 to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $45K aid approved $5K to the Township of Maple Shade for repairs
Burlington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Maple Shade

Maple Shade and the towns around it

Cherry Hill: Low, mostly inland floodingMoorestown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPennsauken: Low, mostly inland floodingMount Laurel: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCinnaminson: Very high, mostly inland floodingHaddonfield: Low, mostly inland floodingEvesham: Low, mostly inland floodingLawnside: Very low, mostly inland floodingHaddon: Low, mostly inland floodingMerchantville: Very low, mostly inland floodingVoorhees: Very low, mostly inland floodingCollingswood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDelran: High, mostly inland floodingWillingboro: High, mostly inland floodingCamden: High, mostly inland floodingPalmyra: Very high, mostly inland floodingPhiladelphia: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHainesport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestampton: Low, mostly inland floodingLumberton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMedford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRiverton: Very high, mostly inland floodingMaple Shade: High, mostly inland flooding Maple ShadeCherry HillMoorestownPennsaukenMount LaurelCinnaminson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cinnaminsonmostly inland floodingVery high
Maple Shademostly inland floodingHigh
Mount Laurelmostly inland floodingModerate
Moorestownmostly inland floodingModerate
Cherry Hillmostly inland floodingLow
Pennsaukenmostly 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. Maple Shade covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Maple Shade’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Maple Shade. 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 Maple Shade total about $6.5M 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.

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