Natural hazards · Wadesboro

Wadesboro, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wadesboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wadesboro?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wadesboro to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes24%Strong wind9%Hurricanes7%Earthquakes6%Cold waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Wadesboro faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Wadesboro flood?

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

1paid claims since 2010

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anson County.

Disasters that hit Wadesboro

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WadesboroDeclared for Anson County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

205 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $28K to the Town of Wadesboro for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

54 households applied for aid $16K aid approved $12K to the Town of Wadesboro for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$6K to the Town of Wadesboro for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$908K to the Town of Wadesboro for repairs

Anson County has had 17 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. Wadesboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wadesboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Wadesboro. 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 Wadesboro total about $1.4M 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.