Natural hazards · Wrightstown

Wrightstown, NJ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wrightstown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1989. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wrightstown?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wrightstown to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding40%Strong wind11%Earthquakes10%Hurricanes8%Heat waves8%Cold waves7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Wrightstown faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Wrightstown flood?

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

1paid claims since 1989

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19892026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wrightstown 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 Wrightstown

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WrightstownDeclared for Burlington County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

59 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $11K to the Borough of Wrightstown for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

42 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2010

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Borough of Wrightstown for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2009

Snowstorm

$3K to the Borough of Wrightstown for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $642 aid approved

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

Around Wrightstown

Wrightstown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Springfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

North Hanovermostly inland floodingLow

New Hanovermostly inland floodingVery low

Wrightstownmostly 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. Wrightstown 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 Wrightstown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Borough of Wrightstown. 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.