Natural hazards · Red Springs

Red Springs, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Red Springs comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 2016. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Red Springs?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red Springs to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding21%Tornadoes20%Earthquakes11%Strong wind5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Red Springs faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% 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 wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Red Springs flood?

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

8paid claims since 2016

$117Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 7 claims, $73K
Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $44K

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. Red Springs 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Red Springs

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Red SpringsDeclared for Robeson County only

2022

Hurricane Ian

$58K to the Town of Red Springs for repairs

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$25K to the Town of Red Springs for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

831 households applied for aid $562K aid approved $1.3M to the Town of Red Springs for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

1,321 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved $1.1M to the Town of Red Springs for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

84 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

469 households applied for aid $524K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

286 households applied for aid $139K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$34K to the Town of Red Springs for repairs

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