Photo: NS777 · CC BY 4.0On FEMA’s figures, Jonesville faces about as much hazard damage per building as the typical U.S. town, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Jonesville gets a B− for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 54% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (86%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Jonesville faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
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.
What’s behind Jonesville’s grade
River and rain flooding is 86% of the building damage FEMA expects in Jonesville, and Jonesville’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 67% of U.S. census tracts. Ice storms add 2%, at a rate in the top 8% of U.S. census tracts.
B− lower expected damage per building than 54% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Jonesville’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $620K a year in losses across Jonesville: $491K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Jonesville flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Jonesville. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Jonesville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Yadkin County.2 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Jonesville
Disasters that paid out in Jonesville itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Jonesville), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2024Tropical Storm Helene145 households applied for aid$30K aid approved$253K to the Town of Jonesville for repairs
- 2020Tropical Storm Eta$917K to the Town of Jonesville for repairs
Yadkin County has had 17 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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Jonesville is 2nd of the 2 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkin | Bless damage than 64% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Jonesville | B−less damage than 54% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
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 Jonesville faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- 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.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Jonesville
Is Jonesville at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Jonesville has lower expected damage per building than 54% of U.S. towns: B− for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (86%) and tornadoes (5%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Jonesville 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 Yadkin County, 7% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.1% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Jonesville?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Jonesville’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 Jonesville?
By FEMA money that reached Jonesville, Tropical Storm Eta (2020): $917K to the Town of Jonesville for repairs.
Is Jonesville at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (86%), and Jonesville’s rate for it is higher than 67% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Jonesville.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Jonesville’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.