Natural hazards · Weymouth

Weymouth, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weymouth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weymouth?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weymouth to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes20%Strong wind17%Wildfire7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Weymouth faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Weymouth flood?

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

15paid claims since 1979

$563Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 9 claims, $540K
December Storm - Nor'easter: 1 claim, $2K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $7K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Atlantic County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Weymouth

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeymouthDeclared for Atlantic County only

2020

Tropical Storm Isaias

$12K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$6K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$19K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$81K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$5K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$21K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$10K to the Township of Weymouth for repairs

Atlantic County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Weymouth

Weymouth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Maurice Rivermostly coastal floodingHigh

Weymouthmostly inland floodingModerate

Estell Manormostly inland floodingModerate

Hamiltonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Weymouth is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Weymouth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Weymouth. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.