Natural hazards · Spring Hope

Spring Hope, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Spring Hope comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Spring Hope?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Spring Hope to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding31%Hurricanes23%Tornadoes16%Heat waves6%Drought6%Cold waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Spring Hope faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Spring Hope flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nash County.

Disasters that hit Spring Hope

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Spring HopeDeclared for Nash County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

6 households applied for aid $600 aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

55 households applied for aid $60K aid approved $33K to the Town of Spring Hope for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

29 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $25K to the Town of Spring Hope for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

34 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $11K to the Town of Spring Hope for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$78K to the Town of Spring Hope for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$27K to the Town of Spring Hope for repairs

Nash 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. Spring Hope covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Spring Hope’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Spring Hope. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Spring Hope total about $1.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.