Natural hazards · Trent Woods

Trent Woods, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Trent Woods comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 227 claims here since 1996. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Trent Woods?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Trent Woods to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes77%Inland flooding14%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Trent Woods faces

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

Hurricanes

77% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Trent Woods flood?

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

227paid claims since 1996

$13.9Mpaid to owners

44homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 136 claims, $12.8M
Hurricane Irene: 33 claims, $572K
Hurricane Fran: 24 claims, $195K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (5) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Craven County.

Disasters that hit Trent Woods

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Trent WoodsDeclared for Craven County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

89 households applied for aid $210K aid approved $701K to the Town of Trent Woods for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

44 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $297K to the Town of Trent Woods for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-Line Winds

21 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Ophelia

$1K to the Town of Trent Woods for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

7 households applied for aid $419 aid approved $14K to the Town of Trent Woods for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$30K to the Town of Trent Woods for repairs

Craven County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Trent Woods

Trent Woods and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brices Creekmostly hurricanesVery high

Trent Woodsmostly hurricanesVery high

New Bernmostly hurricanesVery high

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. Trent Woods covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Trent Woods’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Trent Woods. 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 Trent Woods total about $9.5M 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.