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Natural hazards · Winfield

Winfield, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Winfield?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winfield to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Earthquakes7%Heat waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Winfield faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Winfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Winfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Union County.
Disasters that hit Winfield

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinfieldDeclared for Union County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Township of Winfield for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$10K to the Township of Winfield for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

2 households applied for aid $5K to the Township of Winfield for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Township of Winfield for repairs
Union County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Winfield

Winfield and the towns around it

Clark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLinden: Low, mostly inland floodingCranford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingScotch Plains: High, mostly inland floodingRahway: High, mostly inland floodingCarteret: Low, mostly inland floodingRoselle: Very low, mostly inland floodingWoodbridge: Low, mostly inland floodingElizabeth: Low, mostly inland floodingNew York: Very low, mostly inland floodingKenilworth: Low, mostly inland floodingGarwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingWestfield: Low, mostly inland floodingRoselle Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: High, mostly inland floodingWinfield: High, mostly inland flooding WinfieldClarkLindenCranford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Winfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Cranfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Clarkmostly inland floodingModerate
Lindenmostly 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. Winfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Winfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Winfield. 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 Winfield total about $242K 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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