Natural hazards · Bridgeton

Bridgeton, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeton comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 105 claims here since 1996. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeton to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes75%Inland flooding13%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bridgeton faces

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

Hurricanes

75% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Bridgeton flood?

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

105paid claims since 1996

$3.5Mpaid to owners

16homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 61 claims, $3.0M
Hurricane Fran: 17 claims, $215K
Hurricane Irene: 16 claims, $173K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Craven County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Bridgeton

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgetonDeclared for Craven County only

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$12K to the Town of Bridgeton for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

149 households applied for aid $487K aid approved $264K to the Town of Bridgeton for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

$4K to the Town of Bridgeton for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

31 households applied for aid $32K aid approved $88K to the Town of Bridgeton for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $8K to the Town of Bridgeton for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$9K to the Town of Bridgeton for repairs

Craven County has had 22 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. Bridgeton 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 Bridgeton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bridgeton. 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.