Natural hazards · Piney Green

Piney Green, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piney Green comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 claims here since 1996. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Piney Green?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piney Green to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes76%Inland flooding14%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Piney Green faces

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

Hurricanes

76% 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

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Piney Green flood?

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

34paid claims since 1996

$3.1Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 30 claims, $2.9M
Hurricane Fran: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Onslow County.

Disasters that hit Piney Green

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Piney GreenDeclared for Onslow County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

2 households applied for aid

Onslow County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Piney Green

Piney Green and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Piney Greenmostly hurricanesVery high

Jacksonvillemostly hurricanesVery high

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. Piney Green covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Piney Green’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Piney Green. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Piney Green total about $10.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.