Burlington County, New Jersey Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record

Name: Newest storm events on record for Burlington County, New Jersey
Creator: County Hazards
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This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 1,316 storm events on record for Burlington County, New Jersey, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

Jun 22 2026

The newest event on record is a thunderstorm wind event on 22 Jun 2026.

FEMA has 31 disaster declarations on record for the county from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is DR-4614 of 5 Sep 2021.

OpenFEMA has 2,180 NFIP claims on record for the county from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026. The NFIP paid $29 million on these claims.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
Zone (NWS Forecast Zone): A zone is a geographic area defined by the NWS for issuing forecasts, watches, and warnings. While zones often align with counties, they can also represent smaller or subdivided areas within a county to account for differences in weather conditions, such as elevation or proximity to water. Larger-scale events—such as heat, cold, drought, and winter storms—are typically recorded by zone.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.
This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.
It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026.

Since the last update: no change is on record for Burlington County. The site compares the agency data at each update. Updates of the data

The five hazards

Storm events on record for Burlington County by hazard and period (NCEI, through 30 Jun 2026)
Hazard	1950 to 2026	2000 to 2009	2010 to 2019	2020 to 2026	Newest event
Hail	150	28	38	43	22 Jun 2026
Tornado	25	3	2	8	10 Aug 2023
Flood	131	16	69	30	14 Jun 2026
Wind	756	107	203	309	22 Jun 2026
Winter	32	18	0	0	17 Mar 2002
Other event types	222	Heat, cold, drought, wildfire, lightning, fog, tropical and other types
All storm events	1,316	264	355	393	22 Jun 2026

A hazard name opens the page of that hazard for the county. A hazard has a page from 10 events. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

Forecast zones with the name of the county give 158 of the 1,316 events. A county count has the events that NCEI gives to the county. It also has the events of a forecast zone that has the name of the county. A zone with another name counts for the state only.

Rates of Burlington County beside the total of the counties of New Jersey and of the United States
Measure	Burlington	All counties of New Jersey	All counties of the United States
Storm events for each 100 square miles, 1950 to 2026	164.6	263.0	49.3
Storm events for each 10,000 residents, 1950 to 2026	28.3	20.9	52.5
NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force, 2016 to 2025	132.2	117.8	185.3

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. The site gives a rate for each 10,000 residents only from 10,000 residents. Residents and area: Census Bureau, 2021.

Newest storm events on record

Jun 22 2026

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of COLUMBUS

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile WNW of TIMBUCTOO

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles ENE of JACKSONVILLE

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile NE of STEVENS

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of STEVENS

Jun 14 2026

Flash Flood

1 mile SW of SPRINGSIDE

Jun 12 2026

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

3 miles E of NORTH FRIENDSHIP

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles S of BUDDTOWN

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SE of MEDFORD

Jun 6 2026

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of FIELDSBORO

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

At DELANCO

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of NEW ALBANY

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles ENE of JOBSTOWN

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

At BROWNS MILLS

May 20 2026

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of FAIRVIEW

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SW of BORDENTOWN

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile E of HAINESPORT

Mar 16 2026

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile N of TIMBUCTOO

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile ENE of JULIUSTOWN

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile ENE of NEW LISBON

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of TABERNACLE

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile E of FLORENCE

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile NW of TIMBUCTOO

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles E of STEVENS

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of RANCOCAS WOODS

The 25 events above are the newest in the NCEI record. A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. Wind speed is in miles per hour, with the knots that NCEI gives. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Download these events (CSV)

Storm events on record for Burlington County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
1960s	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6
1970s	1	0	0	1	2	5	1	2	0	0	12
1980s	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	24	12	8	50
1990s	9	10	10	2	8	13	28	41	52	59	232
2000s	38	39	49	25	13	29	30	10	15	16	264
2010s	15	48	31	22	46	20	35	51	13	74	355
2020s	111	85	42	58	41	23	33 (part of the year)				393

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996. A count before 1996 has fewer event types.

FEMA disaster declarations

Sep 5 2021

FEMA has 31 disaster declarations on record for Burlington County from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is DR-4614: REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA.

Disaster declarations that name Burlington County (OpenFEMA, through 1 Oct 2026)
Declared	Number	Type	Incident type	Title in the FEMA record	Assistance
5 Sep 2021	DR-4614	Major disaster	Hurricane	REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA	Public
2 Sep 2021	EM-3573	Emergency	Hurricane	REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA	Public
11 Dec 2020	DR-4574	Major disaster	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS	Public
25 Mar 2020	DR-4488	Major disaster	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC	Individual, Public
13 Mar 2020	EM-3451	Emergency	Biological	COVID-19	Public
8 Jun 2018	DR-4368	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM	Public
14 Mar 2016	DR-4264	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM	Public
22 Jul 2015	DR-4231	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORM	Public
30 Oct 2012	DR-4086	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE SANDY	Individual, Public
28 Oct 2012	EM-3354	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE SANDY	Public
31 Aug 2011	DR-4021	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRENE	Individual, Public
27 Aug 2011	EM-3332	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRENE	Public
4 Feb 2011	DR-1954	Major disaster	Snowstorm	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM	Public
2 Apr 2010	DR-1897	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING	Individual
23 Mar 2010	DR-1889	Major disaster	Snowstorm	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM	Public
5 Feb 2010	DR-1873	Major disaster	Snowstorm	SNOWSTORM	Public
16 May 2007	FM-2695	Fire management assistance	Fire	WARREN GROVE FIRE	Public
26 Apr 2007	DR-1694	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND INLAND AND COASTAL FLOODING	Individual, Public
19 Sep 2005	EM-3257	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION	Public
16 Jul 2004	DR-1530	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING	Individual, Public
20 Mar 2003	EM-3181	Emergency	Snowstorm	SNOW	Public
19 Sep 2001	EM-3169	Emergency	Fire	FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS	Public
1 Nov 2000	EM-3156	Emergency	Other	WEST NILE VIRUS	Public
17 Sep 1999	EM-3148	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLOYD EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS	Public
13 Jan 1996	DR-1088	Major disaster	Snowstorm	BLIZZARD OF 96 (SEVERE SNOW STORM)	Public
17 Mar 1993	EM-3106	Emergency	Snowstorm	SEVERE BLIZZARD	Public
19 Oct 1980	EM-3083	Emergency	Drought	WATER SHORTAGE	Public
8 Feb 1977	DR-528	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	ICE CONDITIONS	Individual
23 Jul 1975	DR-477	Major disaster	Flood	HEAVY RAINS, HIGH WINDS, HAIL & TORNADOES	Individual, Public
4 Sep 1971	DR-310	Major disaster	Flood	HEAVY RAINS & FLOODING	Individual, Public
18 Aug 1965	DR-205	Major disaster	Drought	WATER SHORTAGE	Individual, Public

DR is a major disaster declaration. EM is an emergency declaration. FM is a fire management assistance declaration. A declaration for the whole state is on the New Jersey page. What a disaster declaration is

The dataset includes declared recovery programs and geographic areas (county not available before 1964; Fire Management records are considered partial due to historical nature of the dataset).

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

Flood insurance claims (NFIP)

OpenFEMA has 2,180 NFIP claims on record for Burlington County from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026.

The NFIP paid $29,387,917 on 1,520 claims.

The county has 132.2 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 378 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 2,859 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.

NFIP claims in Burlington County by year of loss, 1978 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1970s									50	56	106
1980s	18	1	9	16	29	11	5	18	3	77	187
1990s	3	9	50	15	28	0	49	6	29	38	227
2000s	6	7	4	20	232	32	13	243	5	20	582
2010s	53	424	108	11	99	3	3	15	51	140	907
2020s	8	39	5	27	88	2	2 (part of the year)				171

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NFIP claims by year of loss with the amount paid: 48 years

NFIP claims in Burlington County by year of loss, with the amount paid (OpenFEMA, through 8 Sep 2026)
Year of loss	Claims	Claims with a payment	Amount paid
2026	2	not shown	not shown
2025	2	not shown	not shown
2024	88	63	$811,671
2023	27	14	$108,629
2022	5	not shown	not shown
2021	39	22	$286,863
2020	8	not shown	not shown
2019	140	116	$3,261,331
2018	51	33	$1,029,996
2017	15	9	$77,973
2016	3	not shown	not shown
2015	3	not shown	not shown
2014	99	70	$1,154,486
2013	11	6	$43,037
2012	108	82	$3,668,752
2011	424	328	$5,532,936
2010	53	34	$217,995
2009	20	14	$79,271
2008	5	not shown	not shown
2007	243	192	$2,992,418
2006	13	7	$30,606
2005	32	21	$180,761
2004	232	190	$7,999,557
2003	20	5	$14,391
2002	4	not shown	not shown
2001	7	0	$0
2000	6	not shown	not shown
1999	38	17	$171,821
1998	29	24	$172,180
1997	6	5	$20,932
1996	49	30	$185,872
1994	28	13	$83,310
1993	15	not shown	not shown
1992	50	26	$180,345
1991	9	not shown	not shown
1990	3	not shown	not shown
1989	77	47	$292,078
1988	3	not shown	not shown
1987	18	12	$49,879
1986	5	not shown	not shown
1985	11	5	$45,419
1984	29	19	$64,147
1983	16	6	$12,748
1982	9	9	$4,816
1981	1	not shown	not shown
1980	18	15	$141,016
1979	56	35	$127,687
1978	50	31	$153,689

A year with fewer than 5 claims shows the count of claims and no amount. A year with 1 to 4 claims with a payment shows no amount either. Such an amount could point to one property. The amount is the sum of the building, contents and increased cost of compliance payments. FEMA counts 217 multiple-loss properties in the county (2 Aug 2026). How FEMA redacts NFIP claims

This dataset is not intended to be an official federal report, and should not be considered an official federal report.
Note, the County Code field may not reflect the individual county the property is located as projects can be associated with more than one county

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

FEMA cannot verify the quality and/or timeliness of any data or any analysis derived therefrom after the data has been retrieved from FEMA.gov.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Terms and Conditions, copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last updated 2025-01-22.

National Risk Index

Risk Index rating: Relatively Moderate
Risk Index score: 93.6 of 100
Expected Annual Loss rating: Relatively Moderate
Expected Annual Loss: $176 million
Social Vulnerability rating: Very Low
Community Resilience rating: Very High

National Risk Index of Burlington County by hazard type (FEMA, December 2025 release)
Hazard type	Risk Index rating	Expected Annual Loss
Coastal flooding	Relatively Moderate	$2,565,775
Cold wave	Relatively Moderate	$4,982,991
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$740,012
Earthquake	Relatively Moderate	$9,233,507
Hail	Very Low	$165,748
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$5,949,932
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$7,764,352
Ice storm	Very High	$2,503,007
Inland flooding	Relatively High	$121,516,758
Landslide	Very Low	$3,592
Lightning	Relatively High	$2,178,104
Strong wind	Very High	$9,386,925
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$4,510,503
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$2,441,369
Winter weather	Very High	$1,845,390

The National Risk Index dataset leverages available source data for natural hazard and community risk factors to develop a baseline relative risk measurement for each United States county and Census tract.
The rating is a qualitative categorization that describes the community in comparison to all other communities at the same level, ranging from “Very Low” to “Very High.”
The National Risk Index data are meant for planning purposes only.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, National Risk Index Data: Frequently Asked Questions (December 2025, v1.20), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The labels and the ratings are those of FEMA. Expected Annual Loss is a figure for a whole county. It is not a figure for a property. How to read the National Risk Index

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks

The HURDAT2 record of the National Hurricane Center has 60 tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of the county, through the 2025 season. 3 of them were within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

Storm names, years and distances: 40 tracks

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of Burlington County (NHC HURDAT2)
Storm name	Year	Nearest point of the track	Highest wind within 100 miles
Elsa	2021	88 miles	58 mph
Ida	2021	50 miles	40 mph
Fay	2020	30 miles	58 mph
Isaias	2020	74 miles	63 mph
Andrea	2013	56 miles	46 mph
Sandy	2012	27 miles	86 mph
Irene	2011	36 miles	69 mph
Hanna	2008	12 miles	52 mph
Barry	2007	99 miles	46 mph
Twenty-two	2005	100 miles	40 mph
Charley	2004	61 miles	40 mph
Jeanne	2004	74 miles	40 mph
Allison	2001	78 miles	46 mph
Floyd	1999	79 miles	58 mph
Bertha	1996	24 miles	69 mph
Danielle	1992	68 miles	40 mph
Gloria	1985	88 miles	86 mph
Henri	1985	69 miles	40 mph
Belle	1976	87 miles	92 mph
Agnes	1972	70 miles	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1968	79 miles	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1961	96 miles	63 mph
Brenda	1960	63 miles	58 mph
Donna	1960	74 miles	98 mph
Diane	1955	44 miles	46 mph
Able	1952	66 miles	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1944	47 miles	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1944	78 miles	104 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1944	80 miles	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1934	39 miles	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1934	93 miles	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1929	87 miles	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1928	95 miles	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1916	61 miles	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1915	62 miles	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1908	94 miles	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1907	86 miles	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1904	57 miles	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1903	34 miles	81 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1902	89 miles	46 mph

A name is the storm name that the National Hurricane Center gave. The distance is from the centre line of the track. It does not show how far the wind, the rain or the surge of a storm went.

ZIP Codes, cities and towns of Burlington County

Each ZIP Code below has a page with its NFIP claims by year. 7 more ZIP Codes have fewer than 5 claims and no page.

A city or town has no page of its own. This page is the record for the whole county, which has these places:

Beverly
Bordentown
Browns Mills
Burlington
Cookstown
Country Lake Estates
Crosswicks
Fieldsboro
Florence
Fort Dix
Jobstown
Juliustown
Leisuretowne
Marlton
McGuire AFB
Medford Lakes
Moorestown-Lenola
New Gretna
Palmyra
Pemberton
Pemberton Heights
Presidential Lakes Estates
Ramblewood
Riverton
Roebling
Vincentown
Wrightstown

Official channels

FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.
National Weather Service: Philadelphia/Mt Holly (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (opens in a new tab)The emergency management agency of the state.
NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Burlington County, New Jersey: storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record". https://countyhazards.com/county/nj/burlington/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Where the data comes from

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026.
Disaster declarations: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, read on 1 Oct 2026.
NFIP claims: OpenFEMA NFIP Claims, as of 8 Sep 2026. Multiple-loss properties: 2 Aug 2026. Policies in force: 3 Aug 2026.
National Risk Index: FEMA, December 2025 release. Storm tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through the 2025 season.
Residents, area, places and adjacent counties: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage.

How the counts are made · Corrections · Hazards in all states: hail, tornado, flood, wind, winter

Questions

How many tornado events are on record for Burlington County?: NCEI has 25 tornado events on record for Burlington County from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. 1 event has a rating of EF2 or F2, or a higher rating.
How large is the hail on record for Burlington County?: NCEI has 150 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. 16 events have a hail size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.
Which month has the most storm events on record for Burlington County?: July has 340 of the 1,316 storm events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many NFIP claims are there for each 1,000 policies in force in Burlington County?: The county has 132.2 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 378 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 2,859 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.