Natural hazards · Butner

Butner, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Butner comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Butner?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes14%Heat waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Butner 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 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Butner flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Granville County.

Disasters that hit Butner

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ButnerDeclared for Granville County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid

Granville 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. Butner covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Butner’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Butner. 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 Butner total about $1.7M 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.