Natural hazards · Neuse Forest

Neuse Forest, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neuse Forest comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2010.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Neuse Forest?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Neuse Forest to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes78%Inland flooding11%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Neuse Forest faces

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

Hurricanes

78% 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

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Neuse Forest flood?

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

7paid claims since 2010

$179Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 6 claims, $165K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Craven County.

Disasters that hit Neuse Forest

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Craven County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Neuse Forest itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Neuse ForestDeclared for Craven County only

Craven County has had 22 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. Neuse Forest covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Neuse Forest’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Neuse Forest. 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 Neuse Forest total about $5.4M 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.