Natural hazards · Lansing

Lansing, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lansing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2007. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lansing?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lansing to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Cold waves14%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Lansing faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lansing flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Lansing, from FEMA’s records.

3paid claims since 2007

$202Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Helene: 2 claims, $178K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ashe County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Lansing

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LansingDeclared for Ashe County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

765 households applied for aid $4.5M aid approved $2.3M to the Town of Lansing for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

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

Ashe County has had 21 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. Lansing 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 Lansing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lansing. 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.