Natural hazards · Walstonburg

Walstonburg, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walstonburg comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walstonburg?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walstonburg to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes59%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Walstonburg faces

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

Hurricanes

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 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 Walstonburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Walstonburg

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WalstonburgDeclared for Greene County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

16 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

42 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2011

Hurricane Irene

69 households applied for aid $56K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

45 households applied for aid $72K aid approved $2K to the Town of Walstonburg for repairs

Greene County has had 20 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. Walstonburg 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 Walstonburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Walstonburg. 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.