Natural hazards · Aurora

Aurora, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aurora comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1998. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aurora?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aurora to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes80%Inland flooding9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Aurora faces

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

Hurricanes

80% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Aurora flood?

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

29paid claims since 1998

$510Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19982026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 17 claims, $435K
Hurricane Dennis: 5 claims, $10K
Hurricane Florence: 3 claims, $42K

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

Insurance rates: Beaufort County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Aurora

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AuroraDeclared for Beaufort County only

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$26K to the Town of Aurora for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

146 households applied for aid $162K aid approved $80K to the Town of Aurora for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

14 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $27K to the Town of Aurora for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

586 households applied for aid $2.6M aid approved $116K to the Town of Aurora for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

80 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $13K to the Town of Aurora for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$25K to the Town of Aurora for repairs

1999

Hurricane Dennis

$4K to the Town of Aurora for repairs

Beaufort County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Aurora 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 Aurora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Aurora. 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.