Natural hazards · Hallsboro

Hallsboro, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hallsboro comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hallsboro?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hallsboro to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes52%Inland flooding15%Strong wind10%Tornadoes7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Hallsboro faces

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

Hurricanes

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hallsboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbus County.

Disasters that hit Hallsboro

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HallsboroDeclared for Columbus County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

182 households applied for aid $251K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

162 households applied for aid $99K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

19 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

91 households applied for aid $176K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

119 households applied for aid $144K aid approved

Columbus County has had 21 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. Hallsboro 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 Hallsboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hallsboro. 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.