Natural hazards · Littleton

Littleton, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Littleton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Littleton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Littleton to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Hurricanes15%Tornadoes9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Littleton faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Littleton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Halifax County.

Disasters that hit Littleton

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LittletonDeclared for Halifax County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

14 households applied for aid $874 aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

156 households applied for aid $83K aid approved $30K to the Town of Littleton for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

248 households applied for aid $161K aid approved $24K to the Town of Littleton for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$37K to the Town of Littleton for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$960 to the Town of Littleton for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$8K to the Town of Littleton for repairs

Halifax County has had 21 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. Littleton 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 Littleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Littleton. 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.