Natural hazards · Leggett

Leggett, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leggett comes from strong winds, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1999.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leggett?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leggett to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from strong winds and hurricanes.

Strong wind27%Hurricanes26%Inland flooding22%Drought11%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Leggett faces

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

Strong wind

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Leggett flood?

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

1paid claims since 1999

$518paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $518

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Edgecombe County.

Disasters that hit Leggett

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Edgecombe County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Leggett itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into LeggettDeclared for Edgecombe County only

Edgecombe County has had 22 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. Leggett 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 Leggett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Leggett. 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.