Natural hazards · Runnemede

Runnemede, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Runnemede comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Runnemede?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Runnemede to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding46%Earthquakes18%Heat waves9%Cold waves8%Tornadoes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Runnemede faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Runnemede flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978

$30Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 1 claim, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Camden County.

Disasters that hit Runnemede

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RunnemedeDeclared for Camden County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$38K to the Borough of Runnemede for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

10 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $18K to the Borough of Runnemede for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

29 households applied for aid $67K aid approved $6K to the Borough of Runnemede for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Borough of Runnemede for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$12K to the Borough of Runnemede for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $7K to the Borough of Runnemede for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Camden County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Runnemede

Runnemede and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellmawrmostly inland floodingLow

Runnemedemostly inland floodingVery low

Gloucestermostly inland floodingVery low

Deptfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Magnoliamostly inland floodingVery low

Barringtonmostly 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. Runnemede covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Runnemede’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Runnemede. 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 Runnemede 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.