Natural hazards · Wenonah

Wenonah, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wenonah comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wenonah?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wenonah to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Heat waves9%Earthquakes8%Strong wind7%Cold waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Wenonah faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Wenonah flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Wenonah.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wenonah isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Gloucester County.

Disasters that hit Wenonah

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WenonahDeclared for Gloucester County only

2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

199 households applied for aid $74K aid approved $442K to the Borough of Wenonah for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$106K to the Borough of Wenonah for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

60 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Borough of Wenonah for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$5K to the Borough of Wenonah for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

13 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Gloucester County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Wenonah

Wenonah and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wenonahmostly inland floodingVery low

Mantuamostly inland floodingVery low

Deptfordmostly 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. Wenonah covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wenonah’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Wenonah. 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 Wenonah total about $504K 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.