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Natural hazards · Westville

Westville, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Westville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 61 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Westville?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Westville to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Coastal flooding11%Heat waves6%Earthquakes6%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Westville faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

11% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Heat waves

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

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Westville flood?

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

61paid claims since 1979
$642Kpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 6 claims, $47K
  • Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $45K
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 5 claims, $10K

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. Westville 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 Westville

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestvilleDeclared for Gloucester County only
2021

Remnants of Hurricane Ida

32 households applied for aid $42K aid approved
2012

Hurricane Sandy

18 households applied for aid $41K aid approved
2011

Hurricane Irene

130 households applied for aid $112K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Borough of Westville for repairs
2009

Snowstorm

$12K to the Borough of Westville for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

28 households applied for aid $36K aid approved
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
Gloucester County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Westville

Westville and the towns around it

Bellmawr: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Deptford: Low, mostly inland floodingBrooklawn: High, mostly inland floodingDeptford: Very low, mostly inland floodingGloucester City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPhiladelphia: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRunnemede: Very low, mostly inland floodingMount Ephraim: Low, mostly inland floodingHaddon Heights: Very low, mostly inland floodingBarrington: Very low, mostly inland floodingPaulsboro: High, mostly inland floodingEast Greenwich: Low, mostly inland floodingNational Park: Very high, mostly inland floodingMantua: Very low, mostly inland floodingWoodbury: Low, mostly inland floodingTinicum: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGloucester: Very low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Very low, mostly inland floodingWoodbury Heights: Very low, mostly inland floodingWenonah: Very low, mostly inland floodingCamden: High, mostly inland floodingHaddon: Low, mostly inland floodingBensalem: Low, mostly inland floodingUpper Darby: Low, mostly inland floodingYeadon: Low, mostly inland floodingLower Merion: Low, mostly inland floodingColwyn: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDarby: Very low, mostly inland floodingFolcroft: Very low, mostly inland floodingCheltenham: Low, mostly inland floodingPennsauken: Low, mostly inland floodingMillbourne: Low, mostly inland floodingWestville: High, mostly inland flooding WestvilleBellmawrWest DeptfordBrooklawnDeptfordGloucester CityPhiladelphia
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Brooklawnmostly inland floodingHigh
Westvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Gloucester Citymostly inland floodingModerate
Philadelphiamostly inland floodingModerate
West Deptfordmostly inland floodingLow
Bellmawrmostly inland floodingLow
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. Westville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Westville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Westville. 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 Westville total about $1.3M 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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