Natural hazards · Tabor

Tabor, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tabor comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1999. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tabor?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tabor to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes48%Inland flooding16%Strong wind10%Tornadoes9%Earthquakes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Tabor faces

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

Hurricanes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 55 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Tabor flood?

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

15paid claims since 1999

$268Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 7 claims, $148K
Hurricane Matthew: 5 claims, $57K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $18K

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. Tabor isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Columbus County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

15flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Tabor

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TaborDeclared for Columbus County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

700 households applied for aid $695K aid approved $424K to the Town of Tabor for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

779 households applied for aid $641K aid approved $783K to the Town of Tabor for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

229 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

650 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

450 households applied for aid $324K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$114K to the Town of Tabor for repairs

Columbus County has had 21 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. Tabor 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 Tabor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tabor. 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.