Natural hazards · Pilesgrove

Pilesgrove, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pilesgrove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1999. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pilesgrove?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pilesgrove to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Strong wind10%Drought8%Hurricanes8%Earthquakes6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Pilesgrove faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Pilesgrove flood?

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

2paid claims since 1999

$32Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $28K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Salem County.

Disasters that hit Pilesgrove

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PilesgroveDeclared for Salem County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

6 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

43 households applied for aid $198K aid approved $108K to the Township of Pilesgrove for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Pilesgrove for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the Township of Pilesgrove for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$18K to the Township of Pilesgrove for repairs

Salem County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Pilesgrove

Pilesgrove and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Carneys Pointmostly coastal floodingHigh

Manningtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Oldmansmostly inland floodingModerate

Pilesgrovemostly inland floodingLow

Woolwichmostly inland floodingVery low

South Harrisonmostly inland floodingVery low

Upper Pittsgrovemostly 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. Pilesgrove covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pilesgrove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Pilesgrove. 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 Pilesgrove total about $2.1M 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.