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Liberty, NC natural hazards

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

17
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Liberty to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes15%Hurricanes11%Cold waves7%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Liberty faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 72 years in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Liberty flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Liberty isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Randolph County.
Disasters that hit Liberty

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LibertyDeclared for Randolph County only
2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Liberty for repairs
2018

Hurricane Florence

$21K to the Town of Liberty for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$164K to the Town of Liberty for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$74K to the Town of Liberty for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Storm

$8K to the Town of Liberty for repairs
Randolph 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. Liberty 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 Liberty’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Liberty. 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.

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