Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Browns Mills
Browns Mills isn’t graded for hazard risk: Browns Mills is a Census area inside a town, graded with the town. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1999.
What Browns Mills faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Strong wind
Wildfire
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Browns Mills flood? Rarely: 8 flood claims since 1999
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Browns Mills, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Irene3 claims · $95K
Browns Mills 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.The storms Browns Mills remembers
None of the 22 disasters declared for Burlington County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Browns Mills itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 20113 flood claims paidThe year of Hurricane Irene, declared for Burlington County
- 20193 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19991 flood claims paidThe year of Hurricane Floyd Emergency Declarations, declared for Burlington County
Burlington County has had 22 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees; the 2001 World Trade Center declarations.
Also 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Burlington County, 2007–2007.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Trim dead limbs over the house and driveway.
- Tie down trash cans and outdoor furniture.
- Stay clear of downed lines and call the utility.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Browns Mills
Does Browns Mills flood?
Flood insurance has paid 8 claims in Browns Mills since 1999, $203K in all. The most claims came from Hurricane Irene (3).
Is Browns Mills in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Burlington County, 55% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 2.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Browns Mills?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Browns Mills’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Browns Mills?
By flood claims, Hurricane Irene: 3 paid, $95K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Browns Mills.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Browns Mills’ residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.