Natural hazards · East Arcadia

East Arcadia, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Arcadia comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high 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 East Arcadia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes61%Inland flooding18%Strong wind9%Tornadoes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What East Arcadia faces

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

Hurricanes

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 East Arcadia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bladen County.

Disasters that hit East Arcadia

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East ArcadiaDeclared for Bladen County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

2 households applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

1 household applied for aid

Bladen County has had 21 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. East Arcadia 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 East Arcadia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of East Arcadia. 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.