Natural hazards · Barbecue

Barbecue, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barbecue comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barbecue?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barbecue to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes20%Hurricanes13%Heat waves7%Cold waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Barbecue faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Barbecue flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Barbecue.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harnett County.

Disasters that hit Barbecue

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Harnett County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Barbecue itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BarbecueDeclared for Harnett County only

Harnett County has had 18 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. Barbecue 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 Barbecue’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Barbecue. 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.