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Flood risk in North Carolina

FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.

Counties with claims
98
of 100 reporting
Total NFIP claims
23,704
Total claims paid
$657,001,796
Active policies
13,952

Highest flood risk counties

Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.

  1. 1.Dare County264.22 / 1k
  2. 2.Pamlico County263.94 / 1k
  3. 3.Hyde County225.77 / 1k
  4. 4.Tyrrell County164.32 / 1k
  5. 5.Beaufort County92.56 / 1k
  6. 6.Carteret County61.42 / 1k
  7. 7.Currituck County53.56 / 1k
  8. 8.Craven County51.90 / 1k
  9. 9.Pender County35.00 / 1k
  10. 10.Brunswick County26.10 / 1k

Lowest flood risk counties

Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.

  1. 1.Yadkin County0.07 / 1k
  2. 2.Surry County0.07 / 1k
  3. 3.Franklin County0.08 / 1k
  4. 4.Granville County0.09 / 1k
  5. 5.Stokes County0.11 / 1k
  6. 6.Davie County0.12 / 1k
  7. 7.Person County0.12 / 1k
  8. 8.Vance County0.12 / 1k
  9. 9.Iredell County0.18 / 1k
  10. 10.Union County0.21 / 1k

Counties by historical claims

Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.

How to read this

Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.

Data sources

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