Natural hazards · Bolivia

Bolivia, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bolivia comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2024. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bolivia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bolivia to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes73%Inland flooding17%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Bolivia faces

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

Hurricanes

73% 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

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times 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 Bolivia flood?

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

4paid claims since 2024

$107Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20242026

Biggest named events

Tropical Cyclone Eight: 4 claims, $107K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brunswick County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3buildings retrofitted against wind

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Bolivia

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoliviaDeclared for Brunswick County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

731 households applied for aid $770K aid approved $37K to the Town of Bolivia for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

45 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

18 households applied for aid $288 aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

78 households applied for aid $55K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

14 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Brunswick County has had 26 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. Bolivia 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 Bolivia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bolivia. 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.