Natural hazards · Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ivanhoe 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 Ivanhoe?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ivanhoe to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes64%Inland flooding18%Strong wind5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Ivanhoe faces

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

Hurricanes

64% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Ivanhoe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sampson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Ivanhoe

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IvanhoeDeclared for Sampson County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

191 households applied for aid $737K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

127 households applied for aid $399K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

8 households applied for aid $934 aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

49 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

Sampson County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Ivanhoe 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 Ivanhoe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ivanhoe. 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.