Natural hazards · Westampton

Westampton, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Westampton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 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 Westampton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Westampton to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Strong wind8%Hurricanes7%Earthquakes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Westampton 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

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year 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

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Westampton flood?

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

17paid claims since 1978

$220Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $130K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 3 claims, $16K
Mid-spring storms: 3 claims, $33K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Westampton 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 Westampton

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestamptonDeclared for Burlington County only

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$51K to the Township of Westampton for repairs

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$107K to the Township of Westampton for repairs

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$43K to the Township of Westampton for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$13K to the Township of Westampton for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

37 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $92K to the Township of Westampton for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

35 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $14K to the Township of Westampton for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$47K to the Township of Westampton for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2009

Snowstorm

$34K to the Township of Westampton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

9 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Westampton

Westampton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Burlingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Mount Hollymostly inland floodingHigh

Eastamptonmostly inland floodingHigh

Willingboromostly inland floodingHigh

Hainesportmostly inland floodingModerate

Mount Laurelmostly inland floodingModerate

Westamptonmostly 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. Westampton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Westampton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Westampton. 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 Westampton total about $3.4M 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.