Natural hazards · Jamesville

Jamesville, NC natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jamesville to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes45%Inland flooding40%Tornadoes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Jamesville faces

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

Hurricanes

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 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 Jamesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Martin County.

Disasters that hit Jamesville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JamesvilleDeclared for Martin County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

32 households applied for aid $70K aid approved $26K to the Town of Jamesville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

87 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $6K to the Town of Jamesville for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

9 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

218 households applied for aid $165K aid approved $35K to the Town of Jamesville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$4K to the Town of Jamesville for repairs

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