Natural hazards · Roseboro

Roseboro, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roseboro comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roseboro?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roseboro to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes64%Inland flooding13%Strong wind6%Tornadoes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Roseboro faces

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

Hurricanes

64% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 45 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Roseboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sampson County.

Disasters that hit Roseboro

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoseboroDeclared for Sampson County only

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$8K to the Town of Roseboro for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

299 households applied for aid $107K aid approved $79K to the Town of Roseboro for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

324 households applied for aid $272K aid approved $77K to the Town of Roseboro for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

11 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $12K to the Town of Roseboro for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

71 households applied for aid $88K aid approved $4K to the Town of Roseboro for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

91 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$141K to the Town of Roseboro for repairs

Sampson County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Roseboro 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 Roseboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Roseboro. 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.