Natural hazards · Walkertown

Walkertown, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walkertown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walkertown?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walkertown to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Cold waves8%Tornadoes6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Walkertown faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Walkertown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Forsyth County.

Disasters that hit Walkertown

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WalkertownDeclared for Forsyth County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

11 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid

Forsyth County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Walkertown

Walkertown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Winston-Salemmostly inland floodingModerate

Kernersvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Walkertownmostly inland floodingLow

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. Walkertown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Walkertown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Walkertown. 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 Walkertown total about $906K 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.