Natural hazards · Riverside

Riverside, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riverside comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 36 claims here since 1989. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Riverside?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riverside to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Coastal flooding5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Riverside faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Riverside flood?

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

36paid claims since 1989

$590Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 9 claims, $49K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 7 claims, $27K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $7K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burlington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Riverside

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RiversideDeclared for Burlington County only

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Township of Riverside for repairs

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$15K to the Township of Riverside for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$750 to the Township of Riverside for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

20 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $30K to the Township of Riverside for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

40 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $169K to the Township of Riverside for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$22K to the Township of Riverside for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2009

Snowstorm

$17K to the Township of Riverside for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

19 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $308 aid approved

Burlington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Riverside

Riverside and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Riversidemostly inland floodingVery high

Delancomostly inland floodingVery high

Delranmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Riverside covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Riverside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Riverside. 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 Riverside total about $3.6M 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.