Natural hazards · Shannon

Shannon, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shannon comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shannon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shannon to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and tornadoes.

Hurricanes31%Tornadoes26%Inland flooding18%Strong wind6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Shannon faces

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

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 55 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year 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 Shannon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Shannon 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

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Shannon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShannonDeclared for Robeson County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

366 households applied for aid $225K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

617 households applied for aid $483K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

92 households applied for aid $154K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

92 households applied for aid $70K aid approved

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