Natural hazards · Beulaville

Beulaville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beulaville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high 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 Beulaville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beulaville to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes63%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Beulaville faces

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

Hurricanes

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Beulaville flood?

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

3paid claims since 2016

$52Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 2 claims, $37K
Hurricane Matthew: 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. Beulaville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Duplin County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

20flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Beulaville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeulavilleDeclared for Duplin County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

690 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved $75K to the Town of Beulaville for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

179 households applied for aid $357K aid approved $19K to the Town of Beulaville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

151 households applied for aid $119K aid approved $59K to the Town of Beulaville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

68 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$58K to the Town of Beulaville for repairs

Duplin County has had 19 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. Beulaville 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 Beulaville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Beulaville. 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.