Natural hazards · Winslow

Winslow, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winslow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2003. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Winslow?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winslow to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Heat waves9%Hurricanes9%Cold waves8%Earthquakes6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Winslow faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Winslow flood?

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

9paid claims since 2003

$53Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20032026

Biggest named events

March 2010 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $4K
April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $5K

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. Winslow isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Camden County.

Disasters that hit Winslow

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinslowDeclared for Camden County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$67K to the Township of Winslow for repairs

2015

Severe Storm

$273K to the Township of Winslow for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

1 household applied for aid

2011

Hurricane Irene

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $10K to the Township of Winslow for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$77K to the Township of Winslow for repairs

2009

Snowstorm

$80K to the Township of Winslow for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $16K to the Township of Winslow for repairs

Camden County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Winslow

Winslow and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Waterfordmostly inland floodingVery low

Monroemostly inland floodingVery low

Winslowmostly inland floodingVery low

Chesilhurstmostly inland floodingVery low

Berlinmostly 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. Winslow covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Winslow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Winslow. 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 Winslow total about $7.3M 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.