Natural hazards · Aulander

Aulander, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aulander comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2001. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aulander?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aulander to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes58%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Aulander faces

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

Hurricanes

58% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Aulander flood?

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

9paid claims since 2001

$70Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20012026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 3 claims, $31K
Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $15K

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

Insurance rates: Bertie County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Aulander

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AulanderDeclared for Bertie County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

97 households applied for aid $31K aid approved $26K to the Town of Aulander for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

125 households applied for aid $246K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

42 households applied for aid $63K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

446 households applied for aid $372K aid approved $49K to the Town of Aulander for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$261K to the Town of Aulander for repairs

Bertie County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

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. Aulander 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 Aulander’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Aulander. 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.