Natural hazards · Hookerton

Hookerton, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hookerton comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hookerton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hookerton to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes55%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Hookerton faces

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

Hurricanes

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 37 years in the area

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 Hookerton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

2homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Hookerton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HookertonDeclared for Greene County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

50 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $64K to the Town of Hookerton for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

113 households applied for aid $87K aid approved $245K to the Town of Hookerton for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

145 households applied for aid $68K aid approved $139K to the Town of Hookerton for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $3K to the Town of Hookerton for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

62 households applied for aid $48K aid approved $16K to the Town of Hookerton for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$169K to the Town of Hookerton for repairs

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