Natural hazards · Parmele

Parmele, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parmele comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parmele?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parmele to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes55%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Parmele faces

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

Hurricanes

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 36 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 Parmele flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Martin County.

Disasters that hit Parmele

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParmeleDeclared for Martin County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

9 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $10K to the Town of Parmele for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

13 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $4K to the Town of Parmele for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

7 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $2K to the Town of Parmele for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$6K to the Town of Parmele for repairs

Martin County has had 18 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. Parmele 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 Parmele’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Parmele. 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.