Natural hazards · Jackson Springs

Jackson Springs, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson Springs comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackson Springs?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson Springs to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes22%Tornadoes17%Earthquakes5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Jackson Springs faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Jackson Springs flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Moore County.

Disasters that hit Jackson Springs

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Jackson SpringsDeclared for Moore County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

39 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

7 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Moore County has had 18 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. Jackson Springs 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 Jackson Springs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Jackson Springs. 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.