Natural hazards · East Bend

East Bend, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Bend comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Bend?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Bend to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes7%Cold waves7%Hurricanes5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What East Bend faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 57 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 East Bend flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yadkin County.

Disasters that hit East Bend

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East BendDeclared for Yadkin County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

32 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

Yadkin 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. East Bend 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 Bend’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of East Bend. 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.