Natural hazards · Bostic

Bostic, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bostic comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bostic?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bostic to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Strong wind13%Tornadoes9%Earthquakes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Bostic faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bostic flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rutherford County.

Disasters that hit Bostic

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BosticDeclared for Rutherford County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

1,106 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved $161K to the Town of Bostic for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

2 households applied for aid

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

2 households applied for aid $806 aid approved

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