Natural hazards · Broadway

Broadway, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Broadway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Broadway?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Broadway to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes17%Tornadoes16%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Broadway faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 48 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 Broadway flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016

$20Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $20K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lee County.

Disasters that hit Broadway

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BroadwayDeclared for Lee County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

73 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

52 households applied for aid $32K aid approved $7K to the Town of Broadway for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $3K to the Town of Broadway for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$7K to the Town of Broadway for repairs

Lee County has had 17 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. Broadway 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 Broadway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Broadway. 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.