Natural hazards · Murraysville

Murraysville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Murraysville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2024. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Murraysville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Murraysville to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes62%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Murraysville faces

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

Hurricanes

62% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Murraysville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2024

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20242026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: New Hanover County.

Disasters that hit Murraysville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MurraysvilleDeclared for New Hanover County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

1 household applied for aid

New Hanover County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Murraysville

Murraysville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Murraysvillemostly hurricanesVery high

Kings Grantmostly hurricanesVery high

Wilmingtonmostly hurricanesVery high

Bayshoremostly hurricanesVery high

Northchasemostly hurricanesVery high

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. Murraysville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Murraysville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Murraysville. 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 Murraysville total about $4.3M 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.