Natural hazards · Pitman

Pitman, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pitman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1985. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pitman?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pitman to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding45%Heat waves11%Earthquakes10%Strong wind8%Cold waves8%Tornadoes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pitman 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

Well below average · higher than 13% 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

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Pitman flood?

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

1paid claims since 1985

$42Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gloria: 1 claim, $42K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Pitman 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 Pitman

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PitmanDeclared for Gloucester County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

10 households applied for aid

2015

Severe Storm

$264K to the Borough of Pitman for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $21K to the Borough of Pitman for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

81 households applied for aid $118K aid approved $18K to the Borough of Pitman for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$112K to the Borough of Pitman for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $2K to the Borough of Pitman for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Borough of Pitman for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$20K to the Borough of Pitman for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

23 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

Gloucester County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Pitman

Pitman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mantuamostly inland floodingVery low

Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Pitmanmostly inland floodingVery low

Glassboromostly 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. Pitman covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pitman’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Pitman. 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 Pitman total about $1.5M 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.