Natural hazards · Mebane

Mebane, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mebane comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2003. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mebane?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mebane to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes13%Hurricanes8%Everything else20%
By hazard

What Mebane faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 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 Mebane flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Mebane, from FEMA’s records.

6paid claims since 2003
$41Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20032026

Biggest named events

  • 2025 July TS Chantal: 4 claims, $37K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mebane isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Alamance County.
Disasters that hit Mebane

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MebaneDeclared for Alamance County only
2025

Tropical Depression Chantal

$312K to the City of Mebane for repairs
2018

Hurricane Florence

9 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$412K to the City of Mebane for repairs
2003

Ice Storm

$98K to the City of Mebane for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$84K to the City of Mebane for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Storm

$7K to the City of Mebane for repairs
Alamance County has had 23 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. Mebane covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mebane’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mebane. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Mebane total about $2.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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