Natural hazards · Eastover

Eastover, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eastover comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2016. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eastover?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eastover to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes25%Tornadoes9%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Eastover faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 31 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 Eastover flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Eastover, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 2016

$157Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 3 claims, $145K
Hurricane Florence: 2 claims, $12K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cumberland County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Eastover

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EastoverDeclared for Cumberland County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

50 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

142 households applied for aid $415K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $468 aid approved

Cumberland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Eastover

Eastover and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Eastovermostly inland floodingModerate

Fayettevillemostly inland floodingModerate

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