Natural hazards · Orrum

Orrum, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orrum comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1994. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orrum?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orrum to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes37%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes18%Strong wind9%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Orrum faces

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

Hurricanes

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Orrum flood?

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

1paid claims since 1994

$252paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Robeson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Orrum

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrrumDeclared for Robeson County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

197 households applied for aid $189K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

358 households applied for aid $419K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

97 households applied for aid $133K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

71 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

Robeson County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Orrum 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 Orrum’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Orrum. 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.