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Gibsonville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gibsonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2025. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Gibsonville?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gibsonville to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes11%Hurricanes6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Gibsonville faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Gibsonville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2025
$17Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20252026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Gibsonville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Alamance County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Gibsonville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GibsonvilleDeclared for Alamance County only
2018

Hurricane Florence

10 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$129K to the Town of Gibsonville for repairs
2003

Ice Storm

$75K to the Town of Gibsonville for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$31K to the Town of Gibsonville for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Storm

$1K to the Town of Gibsonville for repairs
Alamance County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Gibsonville

Gibsonville and the towns around it

Burlington: Low, mostly inland floodingElon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWhitsett: High, mostly inland floodingGlen Raven: Low, mostly inland floodingGraham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHaw River: Low, mostly inland floodingGibsonville: Low, mostly inland flooding GibsonvilleBurlingtonElonWhitsett
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Whitsettmostly inland floodingHigh
Elonmostly inland floodingModerate
Gibsonvillemostly inland floodingLow
Burlingtonmostly inland floodingLow
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. Gibsonville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Gibsonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Gibsonville. 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 Gibsonville total about $897K 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.

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