Natural hazards · Morrisville

Morrisville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morrisville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1998. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Morrisville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morrisville to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Tornadoes8%Hail6%Hurricanes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Morrisville faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Morrisville flood?

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

5paid claims since 1998

$95Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19982026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wake County.

Disasters that hit Morrisville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorrisvilleDeclared for Wake County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $14K to the Town of Morrisville for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved $7K to the Town of Morrisville for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$226K to the Town of Morrisville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$3K to the Town of Morrisville for repairs

Wake County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Morrisville

Morrisville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Carymostly inland floodingModerate

Durhammostly inland floodingModerate

Morrisvillemostly inland floodingLow

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. Morrisville covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Morrisville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Morrisville. 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 Morrisville total about $3.9M 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.