Natural hazards · Aberdeen

Aberdeen, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aberdeen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2016. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aberdeen?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aberdeen to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes20%Hurricanes17%Heat waves5%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Aberdeen faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Aberdeen flood?

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

3paid claims since 2016

$98Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

2025 July TS Chantal: 2 claims, $98K
Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $913

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Aberdeen isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Moore County.

Disasters that hit Aberdeen

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AberdeenDeclared for Moore County only

2025

Tropical Depression Chantal

$1.7M to the Town of Aberdeen for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

133 households applied for aid $26K aid approved $89K to the Town of Aberdeen for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

75 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$154K to the Town of Aberdeen for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$43K to the Town of Aberdeen for repairs

Moore County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Aberdeen

Aberdeen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pinehurstmostly inland floodingLow

Southern Pinesmostly inland floodingLow

Aberdeenmostly 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. Aberdeen covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Aberdeen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen total about $929K 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.