Natural hazards · Chinquapin

Chinquapin, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chinquapin comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chinquapin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chinquapin to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes67%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Chinquapin faces

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

Hurricanes

67% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 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 Chinquapin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Duplin County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Chinquapin

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChinquapinDeclared for Duplin County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

212 households applied for aid $679K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

49 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

31 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

16 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Duplin County has had 19 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. Chinquapin 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 Chinquapin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Chinquapin. 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.