Natural hazards · Robersonville

Robersonville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Robersonville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1999. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Robersonville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Robersonville to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes55%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Robersonville faces

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

Hurricanes

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 36 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 Robersonville flood?

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

3paid claims since 1999

$40Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $27K
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $6K
Hurricane Isabel: 1 claim, $7K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Martin County.

Disasters that hit Robersonville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RobersonvilleDeclared for Martin County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

42 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $55K to the Town of Robersonville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

176 households applied for aid $58K aid approved $116K to the Town of Robersonville for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

15 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

155 households applied for aid $125K aid approved $53K to the Town of Robersonville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$134K to the Town of Robersonville for repairs

Martin 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. Robersonville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Robersonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Robersonville. 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 Robersonville total about $2.6M 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.