Natural hazards · Oceanville

Oceanville, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oceanville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Oceanville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding45%Hurricanes20%Coastal flooding13%Strong wind8%Wildfire6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Oceanville faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Coastal flooding

13% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Oceanville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Oceanville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Atlantic County.

Disasters that hit Oceanville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Atlantic County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Oceanville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into OceanvilleDeclared for Atlantic County only

Atlantic County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Oceanville

Oceanville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Oceanvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Leeds Pointmostly inland floodingHigh

Smithvillemostly hurricanesLow

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. Oceanville 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 Oceanville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Oceanville. 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.