Natural hazards · Swepsonville

Swepsonville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Swepsonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Swepsonville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Swepsonville to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes11%Hurricanes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Swepsonville faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 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 Swepsonville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Alamance County.

Disasters that hit Swepsonville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SwepsonvilleDeclared for Alamance County only

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Alamance County has had 23 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. Swepsonville 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 Swepsonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Swepsonville. 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.