Natural hazards · Plain View

Plain View, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plain View comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plain View?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes54%Inland flooding19%Strong wind6%Tornadoes6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Plain View faces

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

Hurricanes

54% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 44 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Plain View flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sampson County.

Disasters that hit Plain View

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Sampson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Plain View itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Plain ViewDeclared for Sampson County only

Sampson County has had 19 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. Plain View covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Plain View’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Plain View. 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 Plain View total about $2.0M 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.