Natural hazards · Ronda

Ronda, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ronda comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ronda?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ronda to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves6%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Ronda faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Ronda flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilkes County.

Disasters that hit Ronda

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RondaDeclared for Wilkes County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

189 households applied for aid $66K aid approved $87K to the Town of Ronda for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid $620 aid approved

Wilkes County has had 19 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. Ronda 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 Ronda’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ronda. 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.