Natural hazards · Lawndale

Lawndale, NC natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lawndale to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes9%Earthquakes6%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Lawndale faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 60 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Lawndale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cleveland County.

Disasters that hit Lawndale

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LawndaleDeclared for Cleveland County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

1,002 households applied for aid $820K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

1 household applied for aid

Cleveland County has had 17 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. Lawndale 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 Lawndale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lawndale. 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.