Natural hazards · Pinebluff

Pinebluff, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pinebluff comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pinebluff?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pinebluff to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes18%Heat waves5%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Pinebluff faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 45 years in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Pinebluff flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Moore County.

Disasters that hit Pinebluff

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PinebluffDeclared for Moore County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

24 households applied for aid $30K aid approved $167K to the Town of Pinebluff for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

20 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $59K to the Town of Pinebluff for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$34K to the Town of Pinebluff for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$42K to the Town of Pinebluff for repairs

Moore 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. Pinebluff 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 Pinebluff’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pinebluff. 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.