Natural hazards · Cherry Branch

Cherry Branch, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cherry Branch comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cherry Branch?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cherry Branch to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes80%Inland flooding9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Cherry Branch faces

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

Hurricanes

80% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% 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 Cherry Branch flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Cherry Branch 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.

Disasters that hit Cherry Branch

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Craven County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Cherry Branch itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Cherry BranchDeclared for Craven County only

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. Cherry Branch 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 Cherry Branch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cherry Branch. 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.