Natural hazards · Lilesville

Lilesville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lilesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lilesville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lilesville to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding37%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes14%Strong wind8%Cold waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Lilesville faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Lilesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anson County.

Disasters that hit Lilesville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LilesvilleDeclared for Anson County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

38 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

11 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$2K to the Town of Lilesville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$81K to the Town of Lilesville for repairs

Anson 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. Lilesville 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 Lilesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lilesville. 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.