Natural hazards · Simpson

Simpson, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Simpson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1999. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Simpson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Simpson to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding42%Hurricanes36%Tornadoes12%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Simpson faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Simpson flood?

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

2paid claims since 1999

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 1 claim, $8K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $11K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pitt County.

Disasters that hit Simpson

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SimpsonDeclared for Pitt County only

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$6K to the Village of Simpson for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

1 household applied for aid

2016

Hurricane Matthew

3 households applied for aid

2011

Hurricane Irene

14 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $26K to the Village of Simpson for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $5K to the Village of Simpson for repairs

Pitt 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. Simpson 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 Simpson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Simpson. 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.