Natural hazards · Rolesville

Rolesville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rolesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rolesville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rolesville to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Heat waves7%Tornadoes6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Rolesville faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Rolesville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $17K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wake County.

Disasters that hit Rolesville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RolesvilleDeclared for Wake County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

3 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $50K to the Town of Rolesville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

$3K to the Town of Rolesville for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$46K to the Town of Rolesville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the Town of Rolesville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$4K to the Town of Rolesville for repairs

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