Natural hazards · Faison

Faison, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Faison comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2015. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Faison?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Faison to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes65%Inland flooding14%Tornadoes9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Faison faces

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

Hurricanes

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 52 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 Faison flood?

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

1paid claims since 2015

$12Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Duplin County.

Disasters that hit Faison

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FaisonDeclared for Duplin County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

150 households applied for aid $93K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

118 households applied for aid $76K aid approved $22K to the Town of Faison for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

17 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $21K to the Town of Faison for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

36 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$64K to the Town of Faison for repairs

Duplin County has had 19 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. Faison 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 Faison’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Faison. 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.