Natural hazards · Wakulla

Wakulla, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wakulla comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wakulla?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wakulla to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes36%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes16%Strong wind7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Wakulla faces

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

Hurricanes

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 60 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Wakulla flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Robeson County.

Disasters that hit Wakulla

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Robeson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wakulla itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WakullaDeclared for Robeson County only

Robeson County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Wakulla 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 Wakulla’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wakulla. 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.