Natural hazards · Prospect

Prospect, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Prospect comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Prospect?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Prospect to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding28%Tornadoes25%Hurricanes24%Strong wind6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Prospect faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 85 years in the area

Hurricanes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year 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 Prospect flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Robeson County.

Disasters that hit Prospect

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ProspectDeclared for Robeson County only

Robeson County has had 18 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. Prospect 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 Prospect’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Prospect. 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.