Natural hazards · Snow Hill

Snow Hill, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Snow Hill comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1988. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Snow Hill?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Snow Hill to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes59%Inland flooding21%Tornadoes9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Snow Hill faces

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

Hurricanes

59% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 78 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Snow Hill flood?

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

18paid claims since 1988

$710Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19882026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 8 claims, $318K
Hurricane Floyd: 7 claims, $372K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Snow Hill

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Snow HillDeclared for Greene County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

140 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $19K to the Town of Snow Hill for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

301 households applied for aid $283K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

303 households applied for aid $145K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

196 households applied for aid $154K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

217 households applied for aid $199K aid approved

Greene County has had 20 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. Snow Hill 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 Snow Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Snow Hill. 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.