Photo: Edward Orde · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Castle Hayne
Castle Hayne isn’t graded for hazard risk: Castle Hayne has 897 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Castle Hayne faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
Hurricanes
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Castle Hayne flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Castle Hayne. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Castle Hayne 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.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Castle Hayne
Disasters that paid out in Castle Hayne itself (aid to households or repair grants to Castle Hayne), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2018Hurricane Florence1,150 households applied for aid$1.0M aid approved
- 2011Hurricane Irene42 households applied for aid$26K aid approved
- 2010Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-line Winds35 households applied for aid$40K aid approved
- 2003Hurricane Isabel149 households applied for aid$133K aid approved
New Hanover County has had 23 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skippers Corner | D−more damage than 97% | hurricanes | 35 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Castle Hayne faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Castle Hayne
Is Castle Hayne in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In New Hanover County, 75% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 14.7% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Castle Hayne?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Castle Hayne’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Castle Hayne?
By FEMA money that reached Castle Hayne, Hurricane Florence (2018): 1,150 households applied for aid, $1.0M approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Castle Hayne.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Castle Hayne’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.