Natural hazards · Teachey

Teachey, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Teachey comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Teachey?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Teachey to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes64%Inland flooding18%Tornadoes7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Teachey faces

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

Hurricanes

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 86 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 Teachey flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Duplin County.

Disasters that hit Teachey

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TeacheyDeclared for Duplin County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

165 households applied for aid $74K aid approved $29K to the Town of Teachey for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

57 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $12K to the Town of Teachey for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

34 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

41 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

Duplin County has had 19 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. Teachey covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Teachey’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Teachey. 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 Teachey total about $2.0M 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.