Natural hazards · Stovall

Stovall, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stovall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stovall?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stovall to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Hurricanes15%Tornadoes7%Drought6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Stovall faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Stovall flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Granville County.

Disasters that hit Stovall

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StovallDeclared for Granville County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

1 household applied for aid $750 to the Town of Stovall for repairs

2003

Ice Storm

$4K to the Town of Stovall for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$17K to the Town of Stovall for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$10K to the Town of Stovall for repairs

Granville 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. Stovall 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 Stovall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stovall. 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.