Natural hazards · Quinton

Quinton, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1999. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quinton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quinton to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding41%Strong wind10%Coastal flooding10%Earthquakes7%Hurricanes7%Heat waves6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Quinton faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% 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

Coastal flooding

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Quinton flood?

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

6paid claims since 1999

$27Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $23K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Quinton 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 Quinton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuintonDeclared for Salem County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

1 household applied for aid $7K to the Township of Quinton for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$8K to the Township of Quinton for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

4 households applied for aid $374 aid approved $29K to the Township of Quinton for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Quinton for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Township of Quinton for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$9K to the Township of Quinton for repairs

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

Around Quinton

Quinton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salemmostly coastal floodingVery high

Elsinboromostly coastal floodingVery high

Lower Alloways Creekmostly coastal floodingVery high

Manningtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Quintonmostly inland floodingLow

Stow Creekmostly hurricanesLow

Allowaymostly inland floodingLow

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. Quinton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Quinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Quinton. 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 Quinton total about $1.0M 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.