Natural hazards · Rowland

Rowland, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rowland comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rowland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rowland to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes35%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes17%Strong wind8%Earthquakes8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Rowland faces

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

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Rowland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Robeson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Rowland

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RowlandDeclared for Robeson County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

715 households applied for aid $397K aid approved $136K to the Town of Rowland for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

1,136 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $118K to the Town of Rowland for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

634 households applied for aid $382K aid approved $269K to the Town of Rowland for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

621 households applied for aid $853K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

207 households applied for aid $97K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$28K to the Town of Rowland for repairs

Robeson County has had 18 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. Rowland 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 Rowland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rowland. 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.