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Southampton, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Southampton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 136 claims here since 1978. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Southampton?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Southampton to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes7%Strong wind6%Everything else25%
By hazard

What Southampton faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Southampton flood?

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

136paid claims since 1978
$3.2Mpaid to owners
29homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 29 claims, $825K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 17 claims, $249K
  • Mid-spring storms: 6 claims, $69K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (7) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Southampton 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

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Southampton

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SouthamptonDeclared for Burlington County only
2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$41K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$103K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$75K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
2015

Severe Storm

$31K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

19 households applied for aid $16K aid approved
2011

Hurricane Irene

71 households applied for aid $202K aid approved $36K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$82K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2009

Snowstorm

$66K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

32 households applied for aid $57K aid approved $60K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

141 households applied for aid $391K aid approved $65K to the Township of Southampton for repairs
Burlington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Southampton

Southampton and the towns around it

Medford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPemberton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLumberton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEastampton: High, mostly inland floodingTabernacle: Low, mostly inland floodingWaterford: Very low, mostly inland floodingEvesham: Low, mostly inland floodingShamong: Low, mostly inland floodingMount Laurel: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoodland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Hanover: Very low, mostly inland floodingHainesport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMount Holly: High, mostly inland floodingWestampton: Low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouthampton: Moderate, mostly inland flooding SouthamptonMedfordPembertonLumbertonEastamptonTabernacle
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Eastamptonmostly inland floodingHigh
Southamptonmostly inland floodingModerate
Pembertonmostly inland floodingModerate
Medfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Lumbertonmostly inland floodingModerate
Tabernaclemostly 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. Southampton covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Southampton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Southampton. 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 Southampton total about $4.0M 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.

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