Natural hazards · Cameron

Cameron, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cameron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cameron?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cameron to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes15%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Cameron faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 63 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 Cameron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Moore County.

Disasters that hit Cameron

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CameronDeclared for Moore County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

266 households applied for aid $66K aid approved $30K to the Town of Cameron for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

162 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

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