Natural hazards · Grimesland

Grimesland, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grimesland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2016. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grimesland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grimesland to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding42%Hurricanes35%Tornadoes12%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Grimesland faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce 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 Grimesland flood?

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

3paid claims since 2016

$114Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $56K
Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $39K
Hurricane Florence: 1 claim, $19K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pitt County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Grimesland

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrimeslandDeclared for Pitt County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

34 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $8K to the Town of Grimesland for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

94 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

163 households applied for aid $158K aid approved $21K to the Town of Grimesland for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

10 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

33 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$1K to the Town of Grimesland for repairs

Pitt County has had 22 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. Grimesland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grimesland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Grimesland. 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 Grimesland total about $1.0M 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.