Natural hazards · Lasker

Lasker, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lasker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Lasker?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lasker to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding39%Hurricanes25%Drought12%Tornadoes11%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Lasker faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Lasker flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Northampton County.

Disasters that hit Lasker

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LaskerDeclared for Northampton County only

2011

Hurricane Irene

6 households applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $1K to the Town of Lasker for repairs

Northampton County has had 20 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. Lasker 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 Lasker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lasker. 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.