Natural hazards · Reidsville

Reidsville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reidsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1996. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Reidsville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reidsville to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Hurricanes7%Tornadoes7%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Reidsville faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

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 Reidsville flood?

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

4paid claims since 1996

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Fran: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rockingham County.

Disasters that hit Reidsville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReidsvilleDeclared for Rockingham County only

2018

Tropical Storm Michael

$166K to the City of Reidsville for repairs

2018

Tornado and Severe Storms

63 households applied for aid $78K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2003

Ice Storm

$121K to the City of Reidsville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$17K to the City of Reidsville for repairs

Rockingham County has had 22 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. Reidsville covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Reidsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Reidsville. 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 Reidsville total about $3.3M 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.