Natural hazards · Boardman

Boardman, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boardman comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boardman?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boardman to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes42%Inland flooding18%Strong wind15%Tornadoes8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Boardman faces

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

Hurricanes

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Boardman flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$23Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20182026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 1 claim, $23K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbus County.

Disasters that hit Boardman

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoardmanDeclared for Columbus County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

3 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

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