Natural hazards · Macclesfield

Macclesfield, NC natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Macclesfield to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding31%Hurricanes21%Strong wind17%Tornadoes12%Drought7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Macclesfield faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year 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 Macclesfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MacclesfieldDeclared for Edgecombe County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

47 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $18K to the Town of Macclesfield for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

26 households applied for aid $45K aid approved $19K to the Town of Macclesfield for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $2K to the Town of Macclesfield for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$9K to the Town of Macclesfield for repairs

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