Natural hazards · Weldon

Weldon, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weldon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2012. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weldon?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weldon to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes14%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Weldon faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 73 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 Weldon flood?

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

3paid claims since 2012

$75Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20122026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Halifax County.

Disasters that hit Weldon

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeldonDeclared for Halifax County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

20 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $12K to the Town of Weldon for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

149 households applied for aid $55K aid approved $154K to the Town of Weldon for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Isabel

248 households applied for aid $117K aid approved $29K to the Town of Weldon for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$8K to the Town of Weldon for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$1K to the Town of Weldon for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$42K to the Town of Weldon for repairs

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

Around Weldon

Weldon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Roanoke Rapidsmostly inland floodingLow

Weldonmostly inland floodingLow

South Weldonmostly 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. Weldon 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 Weldon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Weldon. 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.