Natural hazards · Pollocksville

Pollocksville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pollocksville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 20 claims here since 1999. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pollocksville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes78%Inland flooding15%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Pollocksville faces

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

Hurricanes

78% 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

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years 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 Pollocksville flood?

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

20paid claims since 1999

$2.5Mpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 9 claims, $2.0M
Hurricane Floyd: 5 claims, $280K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jones County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

31flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Pollocksville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PollocksvilleDeclared for Jones County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

413 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved $1.3M to the Town of Pollocksville for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

16 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

105 households applied for aid $155K aid approved $27K to the Town of Pollocksville for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

83 households applied for aid $119K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

24 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $3K to the Town of Pollocksville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$31K to the Town of Pollocksville for repairs

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