Natural hazards · Farmville

Farmville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farmville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 28 claims here since 1999. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farmville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farmville to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes45%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes14%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Farmville faces

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

Hurricanes

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 62 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 Farmville flood?

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

28paid claims since 1999

$844Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 22 claims, $729K
Hurricane Matthew: 4 claims, $45K
Hurricane Florence: 1 claim, $52K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Farmville is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Pitt County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

17flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Farmville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarmvilleDeclared for Pitt County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

45 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $98K to the Town of Farmville for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

119 households applied for aid $125K aid approved $113K to the Town of Farmville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

154 households applied for aid $132K aid approved $251K to the Town of Farmville for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

137 households applied for aid $66K aid approved $106K to the Town of Farmville for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

2 households applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

68 households applied for aid $80K aid approved $244K to the Town of Farmville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$851K to the Town of Farmville for repairs

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