Natural hazards · Wrightsboro

Wrightsboro, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wrightsboro comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1999. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wrightsboro?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wrightsboro to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes89%Inland flooding6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Wrightsboro faces

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

Hurricanes

89% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Wrightsboro flood?

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

1paid claims since 1999

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $14K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: New Hanover County.

Disasters that hit Wrightsboro

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WrightsboroDeclared for New Hanover County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

1 household applied for aid

New Hanover County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Wrightsboro

Wrightsboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kings Grantmostly hurricanesVery high

Wilmingtonmostly hurricanesVery high

Hightsvillemostly hurricanesVery high

Blue Clay Farmsmostly hurricanesVery high

Skippers Cornermostly hurricanesVery high

Wrightsboromostly hurricanesVery high

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. Wrightsboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wrightsboro’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wrightsboro. 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 Wrightsboro total about $327K 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.