Natural hazards · Princeville

Princeville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Princeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 123 claims here since 1999. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Princeville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Princeville to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes11%Hurricanes10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Princeville faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Princeville flood?

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

123paid claims since 1999

$9.6Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 116 claims, $9.4M
Hurricane Floyd: 5 claims, $256K
Tropical Storm Ernesto: 1 claim, $1K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Edgecombe County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

83homes raised above flood level

17flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Princeville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrincevilleDeclared for Edgecombe County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

656 households applied for aid $3.7M aid approved $2.4M to the Town of Princeville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

129 households applied for aid $47K aid approved $11K to the Town of Princeville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid $6K to the Town of Princeville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$1.4M to the Town of Princeville for repairs

Edgecombe County has had 22 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. Princeville 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 Princeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Princeville. 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.