Natural hazards · Shamong

Shamong, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shamong comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2009. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shamong?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shamong to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding48%Wildfire10%Hurricanes9%Strong wind9%Earthquakes6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Shamong faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Shamong flood?

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

4paid claims since 2009

$9Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 1 claim, $608
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $2K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $709

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. Shamong 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 Shamong

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShamongDeclared for Burlington County only

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$23K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$19K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$37K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$33K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $5K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

14 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $11K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$50K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2009

Snowstorm

$23K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

5 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $3K to the Township of Shamong for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $980 to the Township of Shamong for repairs

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

Around Shamong

Shamong and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Medfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Hammontonmostly inland floodingModerate

Tabernaclemostly inland floodingLow

Shamongmostly inland floodingLow

Waterfordmostly 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. Shamong covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shamong’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Shamong. 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 Shamong total about $1.7M 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.