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Natural hazards · Riverton

Riverton, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riverton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1994. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Riverton?

95
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riverton to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Riverton faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Riverton flood?

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

1paid claims since 1994
$4Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19942026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Riverton 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.
Disasters that hit Riverton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RivertonDeclared for Burlington County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Borough of Riverton for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

4 households applied for aid $226 aid approved $22K to the Borough of Riverton for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $7K to the Borough of Riverton for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$16K to the Borough of Riverton for repairs
2009

Snowstorm

$11K to the Borough of Riverton for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid $413 aid approved
Burlington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Riverton

Riverton and the towns around it

Cinnaminson: Very high, mostly inland floodingPalmyra: Very high, mostly inland floodingPhiladelphia: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPennsauken: Low, mostly inland floodingDelran: High, mostly inland floodingMoorestown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMaple Shade: High, mostly inland floodingBensalem: Low, mostly inland floodingUpper Darby: Low, mostly inland floodingYeadon: Low, mostly inland floodingLower Merion: Low, mostly inland floodingColwyn: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTinicum: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDarby: Very low, mostly inland floodingFolcroft: Very low, mostly inland floodingCamden: High, mostly inland floodingCheltenham: Low, mostly inland floodingMillbourne: Low, mostly inland floodingRiverton: Very high, mostly inland flooding RivertonCinnaminsonPalmyraPhiladelphia
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rivertonmostly inland floodingVery high
Palmyramostly inland floodingVery high
Cinnaminsonmostly inland floodingVery high
Philadelphiamostly inland floodingModerate
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. Riverton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Riverton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Riverton. 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 Riverton total about $2.4M 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.

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