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Natural hazards · Voorhees

Voorhees, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Voorhees comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 2004. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Voorhees?

14
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Voorhees to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Earthquakes8%Hurricanes7%Heat waves7%Cold waves6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Voorhees faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about once 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 Voorhees flood?

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

10paid claims since 2004
$280Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20042026

Biggest named events

  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $576

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. Voorhees 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 Voorhees

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VoorheesDeclared for Camden County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$59K to the Township of Voorhees for repairs
2015

Severe Storm

$142K to the Township of Voorhees for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

22 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $71K to the Township of Voorhees for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

42 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $13K to the Township of Voorhees for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$75K to the Township of Voorhees for repairs
2009

Snowstorm

$85K to the Township of Voorhees for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

12 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $12K to the Township of Voorhees for repairs
Camden County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Voorhees

Voorhees and the towns around it

Somerdale: Very low, mostly inland floodingGibbsboro: Very low, mostly inland floodingLindenwold: Low, mostly inland floodingEvesham: Low, mostly inland floodingBerlin: Very low, mostly inland floodingCherry Hill: Low, mostly inland floodingLawnside: Very low, mostly inland floodingMagnolia: Very low, mostly inland floodingHi-Nella: Low, mostly inland floodingStratford: Very low, mostly inland floodingGloucester: Very low, mostly inland floodingClementon: Low, mostly inland floodingLaurel Springs: Low, mostly inland floodingPine Hill: Very low, mostly inland floodingBerlin: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaterford: Very low, mostly inland floodingMedford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMount Laurel: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHaddonfield: Low, mostly inland floodingMaple Shade: High, mostly inland floodingHaddon: Low, mostly inland floodingPennsauken: Low, mostly inland floodingMerchantville: Very low, mostly inland floodingCollingswood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarrington: Very low, mostly inland floodingTavistock: Low, mostly inland floodingVoorhees: Very low, mostly inland flooding VoorheesSomerdaleGibbsboroLindenwoldEveshamBerlinCherry HillLawnside
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cherry Hillmostly inland floodingLow
Lindenwoldmostly inland floodingLow
Eveshammostly inland floodingLow
Somerdalemostly inland floodingVery low
Lawnsidemostly inland floodingVery low
Voorheesmostly inland floodingVery low
Gibbsboromostly inland floodingVery low
Berlinmostly 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. Voorhees covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Voorhees’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Voorhees. 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 Voorhees total about $7.4M 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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