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Natural hazards · Franklinton

Franklinton, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Franklinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Franklinton?

18
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Franklinton to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes17%Cold waves9%Heat waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Franklinton faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Franklinton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Franklinton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Franklinton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FranklintonDeclared for Franklin County only
2003

Hurricane Isabel

22 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $20K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$92K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$9K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs
Franklin 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. Franklinton 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 Franklinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Franklinton. 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.

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