Natural hazards · Micro

Micro, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Micro comes from inland flooding, 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 Micro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes14%Hurricanes10%Drought5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Micro faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 75 years in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Micro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnston County.

Disasters that hit Micro

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MicroDeclared for Johnston County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

1 household applied for aid $14K to the Town of Micro for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

6 households applied for aid $38K to the Town of Micro for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

46 households applied for aid $352K aid approved $69K to the Town of Micro for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$4K to the Town of Micro for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$12K to the Town of Micro for repairs

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