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New Hanover, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Hanover comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is New Hanover?

19
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Hanover to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Earthquakes12%Strong wind9%Hurricanes7%Everything else22%
By hazard

What New Hanover faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 New Hanover flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978
$889paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Hanover 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 New Hanover

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New HanoverDeclared for Burlington County only
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$10K to the Township of New Hanover for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Township of New Hanover for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Township of New Hanover for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$39K to the Township of New Hanover for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$3K to the Township of New Hanover for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Township of New Hanover for repairs
2009

Snowstorm

$5K to the Township of New Hanover for repairs
Burlington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around New Hanover

New Hanover and the towns around it

North Hanover: Low, mostly inland floodingWrightstown: Very low, mostly inland floodingPemberton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlumsted: High, mostly inland floodingHamilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChesterfield: Low, mostly inland floodingUpper Freehold: High, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoodland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouthampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEastampton: High, mostly inland floodingJackson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingManchester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Hanover: Very low, mostly inland flooding New HanoverNorth HanoverWrightstownPembertonPlumsted
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Plumstedmostly inland floodingHigh
Pembertonmostly inland floodingModerate
North Hanovermostly inland floodingLow
New Hanovermostly inland floodingVery low
Wrightstownmostly 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. New Hanover covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Hanover’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of New Hanover. 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 New Hanover total about $2.5M 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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