Natural hazards · Fountain

Fountain, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fountain comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fountain?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fountain to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes38%Inland flooding37%Tornadoes10%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Fountain faces

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

Hurricanes

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fountain flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pitt County.

Disasters that hit Fountain

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FountainDeclared for Pitt County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

18 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

22 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $75K to the Town of Fountain for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid $13K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

11 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$34K to the Town of Fountain 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. Fountain 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 Fountain’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Fountain. 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.