Natural hazards · Vineland

Vineland, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vineland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 44 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vineland?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vineland to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding32%Hurricanes29%Cold waves13%Earthquakes8%Heat waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Vineland faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Vineland flood?

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

44paid claims since 1978

$512Kpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 19 claims, $222K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 4 claims, $29K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $2K

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. Vineland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Cumberland County.

Disasters that hit Vineland

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VinelandDeclared for Cumberland County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$722K to the City of Vineland for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

133 households applied for aid $171K aid approved $670K to the City of Vineland for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$3.4M to the City of Vineland for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

1,255 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $196K to the City of Vineland for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Vineland for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$184K to the City of Vineland for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

367 households applied for aid $349K aid approved $25K to the City of Vineland for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$95K to the City of Vineland for repairs

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

Around Vineland

Vineland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Maurice Rivermostly coastal floodingHigh

Millvillemostly inland floodingLow

Vinelandmostly inland floodingVery low

Pittsgrovemostly inland floodingVery low

Deerfieldmostly hurricanesVery 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. Vineland covers 14 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vineland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Vineland. 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 Vineland total about $15.2M 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.