William H. Lee House · Photo: WordInnovations · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Lewiston Woodville
Lewiston Woodville isn’t graded for hazard risk: Lewiston Woodville has 447 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Lewiston Woodville 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 Lewiston Woodville flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Lewiston Woodville. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Lewiston Woodville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Bertie County.6 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Lewiston Woodville
Disasters that paid out in Lewiston Woodville itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Lewiston Woodville), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2016Hurricane Matthew75 households applied for aid$52K aid approved
- 2011Hurricane Irene80 households applied for aid$92K aid approved$4K to the Town of Lewiston Woodville for repairs
- 2011Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding2 households applied for aid$810 aid approved
- 2010Severe Storms, Flooding, and Straight-line Winds35 households applied for aid$27K aid approved
- 2003Hurricane Isabel284 households applied for aid$232K aid approved$9K to the Town of Lewiston Woodville for repairs
- 1999Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations$96K to the Town of Lewiston Woodville for repairs
Bertie County has had 21 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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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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Lewiston Woodville
Is Lewiston Woodville 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 Bertie County, 14% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.9% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Lewiston Woodville?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Lewiston Woodville’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 Lewiston Woodville?
By FEMA money that reached Lewiston Woodville, Hurricane Isabel (2003): 284 households applied for aid, $232K approved, and $9K to the Town of Lewiston Woodville for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Lewiston Woodville.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Lewiston Woodville’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.