Natural hazards · Norman

Norman, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norman comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Norman?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes34%Inland flooding31%Tornadoes15%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Norman faces

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

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 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 Norman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Richmond County.

Disasters that hit Norman

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NormanDeclared for Richmond County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

1 household applied for aid

2016

Hurricane Matthew

1 household applied for aid

Richmond County has had 15 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. Norman 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 Norman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Norman. 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.