Natural hazards · Foxfire

Foxfire, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Foxfire comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Foxfire?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Foxfire to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding40%Hurricanes18%Tornadoes17%Everything else25%

By hazard

What Foxfire faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 70 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 Foxfire flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Moore County.

Disasters that hit Foxfire

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FoxfireDeclared for Moore County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

$3K to the Village of Foxfire for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$5K to the Village of Foxfire for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$16K to the Village of Foxfire for repairs

Moore County has had 18 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. Foxfire covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Foxfire’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Foxfire. 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 Foxfire total about $596K 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.