Natural hazards · Pinetown

Pinetown, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pinetown 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 Pinetown?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pinetown to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes75%Inland flooding12%Coastal flooding5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Pinetown faces

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

Hurricanes

75% 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

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

5% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Pinetown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Beaufort County.

Disasters that hit Pinetown

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PinetownDeclared for Beaufort County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

25 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

17 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

80 households applied for aid $92K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

8 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

34 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

Beaufort County has had 23 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. Pinetown 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 Pinetown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pinetown. 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.