Natural hazards · Youngsville

Youngsville, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Youngsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Youngsville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Youngsville to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes15%Cold waves6%Everything else25%

By hazard

What Youngsville faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 73 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

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 Youngsville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Youngsville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YoungsvilleDeclared for Franklin County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $3K to the Town of Youngsville for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$12K to the Town of Youngsville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$7K to the Town of Youngsville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$5K to the Town of Youngsville for repairs

Franklin County has had 19 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. Youngsville 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 Youngsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Youngsville. 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.