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Natural hazard risk by county in North Carolina

20 county pages so far. Overall ratings from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), which compares each county with all US counties.

Open a county for its FEMA ratings for each hazard, flood insurance and claims records, disaster declarations and tornado history.

CountyFEMA overall risk rating
Alamance CountyRelatively Low
Ashe CountyRelatively Low
Avery CountyRelatively Low
Brunswick CountyRelatively High
Buncombe CountyRelatively Moderate
Dare CountyRelatively Moderate
Gaston CountyRelatively Moderate
Guilford CountyRelatively Moderate
Harnett CountyRelatively Low
Lee CountyRelatively Low
Lincoln CountyRelatively Low
New Hanover CountyRelatively High
Onslow CountyRelatively High
Orange CountyRelatively Low
Pender CountyRelatively Moderate
Pitt CountyRelatively Moderate
Surry CountyRelatively Low
Wake CountyRelatively High
Wayne CountyRelatively Moderate
Wilkes CountyRelatively Moderate

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