Natural hazards · Maxton

Maxton, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maxton comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maxton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maxton to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes29%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes21%Earthquakes9%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Maxton faces

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

Hurricanes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Maxton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Robeson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

2homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Maxton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaxtonDeclared for Robeson County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

1,301 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $498K to the Town of Maxton for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

1,336 households applied for aid $872K aid approved $176K to the Town of Maxton for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

49 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

476 households applied for aid $413K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

83 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$9K to the Town of Maxton for repairs

Robeson County has had 18 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. Maxton 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 Maxton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Maxton. 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.