Natural hazards · Franklinville

Franklinville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Franklinville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Franklinville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Franklinville to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Tornadoes11%Cold waves6%Hurricanes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Franklinville faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Franklinville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Randolph County.

Disasters that hit Franklinville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FranklinvilleDeclared for Randolph County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

$30K to the Town of Franklinville for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$14K to the Town of Franklinville for repairs

Randolph County has had 20 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. Franklinville 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 Franklinville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Franklinville. 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.