Natural hazards · Rockfish

Rockfish, NC natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockfish?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockfish to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes19%Heat waves8%Cold waves5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Rockfish faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Rockfish flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hoke County.

Disasters that hit Rockfish

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockfishDeclared for Hoke County only

Hoke County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Rockfish

Rockfish and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rockfishmostly inland floodingModerate

Fayettevillemostly inland floodingModerate

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. Rockfish 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 Rockfish’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rockfish. 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.