Natural hazards · Grantsboro

Grantsboro, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grantsboro comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high 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 Grantsboro?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grantsboro to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes75%Inland flooding11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Grantsboro faces

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

Hurricanes

75% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Grantsboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pamlico County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Grantsboro

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrantsboroDeclared for Pamlico County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

148 households applied for aid $299K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

117 households applied for aid $186K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

26 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

Pamlico 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. Grantsboro 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 Grantsboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Grantsboro. 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.