North Carolina

Natural Disaster Risk by County

Counties
100
All ranked by NRI score
State Avg. Score
66.7
High risk
Total State EAL
$4.43B
Expected annual losses
Highest Risk
Mecklenburg
Score 97.1 · High

County Rankings

#CountyRisk ScoreRisk RatingTop HazardAnn. Loss
1Mecklenburg County
97.1
High Riverine Flood$318M
2New Hanover County
96.1
High Hurricane$257M
3Brunswick County
95.8
High Hurricane$153M
4Wake County
95.5
High Hail$299M
5Onslow County
95.0
High Hurricane$216M
6Craven County
93.6
Medium Hurricane$118M
7Carteret County
93.5
Medium Hurricane$129M
8Guilford County
93.4
Medium Ice Storm$135M
9Forsyth County
91.5
Medium Ice Storm$104M
10Robeson County
91.1
Medium Strong Wind$57M
11Wayne County
90.4
Medium Winter Weather$66M
12Sampson County
90.2
Medium Strong Wind$55M
13Pitt County
89.8
Medium Winter Weather$81M
14Dare County
89.6
Medium Hurricane$81M
15Durham County
89.6
Medium Heat Wave$91M
16Cumberland County
89.5
Medium Winter Weather$90M
17Duplin County
89.4
Medium Hurricane$53M
18Buncombe County
89.3
Medium Landslide$82M
19Union County
89.1
Medium Ice Storm$110M
20Beaufort County
88.2
Medium Hurricane$54M
21Davidson County
87.2
Medium Ice Storm$64M
22Cabarrus County
87.1
Medium Ice Storm$86M
23Columbus County
86.9
Medium Strong Wind$42M
24Pender County
86.9
Medium Hurricane$67M
25Johnston County
85.6
Medium Winter Weather$62M
26Gaston County
84.9
Medium Ice Storm$59M
27Bladen County
84.6
Medium Strong Wind$39M
28Lenoir County
84.6
Medium Winter Weather$36M
29Henderson County
83.8
Medium Ice Storm$41M
30Rowan County
82.9
Medium Ice Storm$48M
31Wilkes County
82.6
Medium Ice Storm$33M
32Iredell County
80.8
Low Ice Storm$53M
33Catawba County
80.6
Low Ice Storm$45M
34Nash County
80.6
Low Winter Weather$37M
35Randolph County
80.6
Low Ice Storm$39M
36Jackson County
80.5
Low Landslide$29M
37Orange County
79.1
Low Winter Weather$50M
38Haywood County
77.2
Low Landslide$32M
39Alamance County
77.1
Low Winter Weather$41M
40Edgecombe County
76.4
Low Strong Wind$24M
41Wilson County
76.3
Low Winter Weather$30M
42Moore County
75.6
Low Hurricane$35M
43Harnett County
75.3
Low Hurricane$37M
44Lincoln County
73.8
Low Ice Storm$32M
45Macon County
73.8
Low Landslide$24M
46Surry County
73.6
Low Cold Wave$27M
47Halifax County
72.9
Low Winter Weather$20M
48Rutherford County
72.7
Low Strong Wind$24M
49Pamlico County
72.4
Low Hurricane$23M
50Rockingham County
71.9
Low Riverine Flood$25M
51Watauga County
71.9
Low Landslide$26M
52Burke County
70.2
Low Ice Storm$23M
53Cleveland County
70.0
Low Ice Storm$27M
54Hertford County
68.2
Low Hurricane$17M
55Lee County
67.5
Low Hurricane$20M
56Caldwell County
67.4
Low Landslide$25M
57Chatham County
67.2
Low Hurricane$25M
58Ashe County
66.8
Low Landslide$18M
59Bertie County
66.4
Low Hurricane$17M
60Hyde County
66.4
Low Hurricane$16M
61Martin County
65.5
Low Hurricane$21M
62Jones County
64.5
Low Hurricane$14M
63Transylvania County
64.2
Low Landslide$18M
64Scotland County
63.6
Low Hurricane$14M
65Greene County
62.6
Low Hurricane$14M
66Richmond County
60.8
Low Hurricane$16M
67Washington County
59.6
Low Hurricane$14M
68Granville County
59.4
Low Hurricane$20M
69McDowell County
59.2
Low Landslide$17M
70Stanly County
58.8
Low Ice Storm$22M
71Pasquotank County
58.7
Low Hurricane$18M
72Cherokee County
56.7
Low Landslide$15M
73Franklin County
51.7
Low Winter Weather$17M
74Warren County
50.8
Low Hurricane$10M
75Hoke County
50.1
Low Hurricane$13M
76Anson County
50.0
Low Hurricane$10M
77Swain County
49.1
Low Landslide$10M
78Montgomery County
49.0
Low Hurricane$12M
79Vance County
48.4
Low Winter Weather$11M
80Avery County
47.5
Low Landslide$11M
81Tyrrell County
46.0
Low Hurricane$9M
82Alexander County
45.8
Low Ice Storm$11M
83Northampton County
44.2
Low Drought$8M
84Yancey County
42.2
Very Low Landslide$9M
85Davie County
41.7
Very Low Ice Storm$13M
86Person County
41.5
Very Low Drought$10M
87Stokes County
39.7
Very Low Ice Storm$11M
88Yadkin County
38.4
Very Low Ice Storm$10M
89Perquimans County
37.7
Very Low Hurricane$9M
90Polk County
36.9
Very Low Landslide$8M
91Alleghany County
34.7
Very Low Landslide$7M
92Chowan County
34.3
Very Low Hurricane$9M
93Madison County
27.4
Very Low Landslide$9M
94Clay County
26.9
Very Low Landslide$5M
95Mitchell County
24.0
Very Low Landslide$7M
96Caswell County
22.4
Very Low Hurricane$6M
97Graham County
20.1
Very Low Landslide$6M
98Currituck County
18.1
Very Low Hurricane$11M
99Gates County
10.5
Very Low Hurricane$5M
100Camden County
2.5
Very Low Hurricane$3M

All 100 North Carolina counties, ranked by FEMA National Risk Index score.