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Natural hazards · Moorestown

Moorestown, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moorestown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Moorestown?

47
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moorestown to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Earthquakes7%Strong wind6%Hurricanes5%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Moorestown faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Moorestown flood?

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

26paid claims since 1978
$251Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $51K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $3K

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. Moorestown 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 Moorestown

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MoorestownDeclared for Burlington County only
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$347K to the Township of Moorestown for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$65K to the Township of Moorestown for repairs
2015

Severe Storm

$149K to the Township of Moorestown for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

25 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $193K to the Township of Moorestown for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

55 households applied for aid $73K aid approved $26K to the Township of Moorestown for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$82K to the Township of Moorestown for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2009

Snowstorm

$50K to the Township of Moorestown for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

29 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $1K to the Township of Moorestown for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $33K aid approved
Burlington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Moorestown

Moorestown and the towns around it

Maple Shade: High, mostly inland floodingMount Laurel: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDelran: High, mostly inland floodingWillingboro: High, mostly inland floodingCinnaminson: Very high, mostly inland floodingCherry Hill: Low, mostly inland floodingPennsauken: Low, mostly inland floodingHainesport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestampton: Low, mostly inland floodingLumberton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEvesham: Low, mostly inland floodingMedford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDelanco: Very high, mostly inland floodingRiverside: Very high, mostly inland floodingBurlington: High, mostly inland floodingEdgewater Park: Very high, mostly inland floodingRiverton: Very high, mostly inland floodingPalmyra: Very high, mostly inland floodingPhiladelphia: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoorestown: Moderate, mostly inland flooding MoorestownMaple ShadeMount LaurelDelranWillingboroCinnaminson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cinnaminsonmostly inland floodingVery high
Maple Shademostly inland floodingHigh
Willingboromostly inland floodingHigh
Delranmostly inland floodingHigh
Mount Laurelmostly inland floodingModerate
Moorestownmostly 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. Moorestown covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Moorestown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Moorestown. 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 Moorestown total about $10.5M 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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