Natural hazards · Tabernacle

Tabernacle, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tabernacle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tabernacle?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tabernacle to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding41%Wildfire17%Hurricanes8%Strong wind8%Earthquakes5%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Tabernacle faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% 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 Tabernacle flood?

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

1paid claims since 2010

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

Biggest named events

March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Tabernacle 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 Tabernacle

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TabernacleDeclared for Burlington County only

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$106K to the Township of Tabernacle for repairs

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$30K to the Township of Tabernacle for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$141K to the Township of Tabernacle for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

7 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $50K to the Township of Tabernacle for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

18 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $9K to the Township of Tabernacle for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$44K to the Township of Tabernacle for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $739 aid approved

2009

Snowstorm

$33K to the Township of Tabernacle for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

10 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

90 households applied for aid $153K aid approved $20K to the Township of Tabernacle for repairs

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

Around Tabernacle

Tabernacle and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Southamptonmostly inland floodingModerate

Woodlandmostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Medfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Tabernaclemostly inland floodingLow

Shamongmostly 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. Tabernacle covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tabernacle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Tabernacle. 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 Tabernacle total about $1.6M 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.