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Natural hazards · Newfield

Newfield, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newfield?

4
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newfield to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding43%Heat waves11%Hurricanes11%Earthquakes9%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Newfield faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Newfield flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Newfield.

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewfieldDeclared for Gloucester County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

13 households applied for aid $478 aid approved
2012

Hurricane Sandy

6 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $21K to the Borough of Newfield for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

119 households applied for aid $181K aid approved $5K to the Borough of Newfield for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $47K aid approved
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Borough of Newfield for repairs
2009

Snowstorm

$2K to the Borough of Newfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $40 aid approved
Gloucester County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Newfield

Newfield and the towns around it

Franklin: Very low, mostly inland floodingMonroe: Very low, mostly inland floodingUpper Pittsgrove: Very low, mostly inland floodingClayton: Very low, mostly inland floodingPittsgrove: Very low, mostly inland floodingElk: Very low, mostly inland floodingNewfield: Very low, mostly inland flooding NewfieldFranklin
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Franklinmostly inland floodingVery low
Newfieldmostly 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. Newfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Newfield. 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 Newfield total about $299K 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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