Natural hazards · Hollister

Hollister, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hollister comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hollister?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hollister to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding45%Hurricanes22%Tornadoes12%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Hollister faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Hollister flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Halifax County.

Disasters that hit Hollister

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HollisterDeclared for Halifax County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

10 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

39 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $681 aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

50 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

Halifax 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. Hollister 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 Hollister’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hollister. 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.