Natural hazards · Dudley

Dudley, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dudley comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is 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 Dudley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dudley to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes42%Inland flooding34%Tornadoes9%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Dudley faces

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

Hurricanes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 40 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 Dudley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

15flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Dudley

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DudleyDeclared for Wayne County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

490 households applied for aid $359K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

824 households applied for aid $996K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

33 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

30 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

Wayne County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Dudley 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 Dudley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dudley. 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.