Natural hazards · Kenansville

Kenansville, NC natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes75%Inland flooding10%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Kenansville faces

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

Hurricanes

75% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 34 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 Kenansville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Duplin County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Kenansville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KenansvilleDeclared for Duplin County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

258 households applied for aid $654K aid approved $46K to the Town of Kenansville for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

96 households applied for aid $104K aid approved $89K to the Town of Kenansville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

76 households applied for aid $67K aid approved $17K to the Town of Kenansville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

24 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$16K to the Town of Kenansville for repairs

Duplin County has had 19 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. Kenansville 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 Kenansville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kenansville. 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.