Natural hazards · Bunnlevel

Bunnlevel, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bunnlevel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1996. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bunnlevel?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bunnlevel to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding50%Hurricanes18%Tornadoes14%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Bunnlevel faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 34 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 Bunnlevel flood?

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

8paid claims since 1996

$533Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 5 claims, $348K
Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $40K
Hurricane Fran: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harnett County.

Disasters that hit Bunnlevel

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BunnlevelDeclared for Harnett County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

172 households applied for aid $98K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

108 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid $208 aid approved

Harnett County has had 18 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. Bunnlevel covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bunnlevel’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bunnlevel. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Bunnlevel total about $1.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.