Natural hazards · Eden

Eden, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 41 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eden?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eden to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Hurricanes5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Eden faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Eden flood?

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

41paid claims since 1979

$383Kpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Fran: 4 claims, $48K
Hurricane Michael: 2 claims, $57K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (3) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rockingham County.

Disasters that hit Eden

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdenDeclared for Rockingham County only

2018

Tropical Storm Michael

$118K to the City of Eden for repairs

2018

Tornado and Severe Storms

3 households applied for aid

2003

Ice Storm

$23K to the City of Eden for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$15K to the City of Eden for repairs

Rockingham County has had 22 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. Eden covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eden. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Eden total about $2.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.