FEMA expects more hazard damage per building in Maury than in 89% of U.S. towns, mostly from hurricanes
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Maury gets a D for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 89% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is hurricanes (59%), then river and rain flooding (32%). 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 Maury 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
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 Maury’s grade
Hurricanes are 59% of the building damage FEMA expects in Maury, and Maury’s rate of hurricanes damage is in the top 5% of U.S. census tracts. Next is river and rain flooding at 32% (higher than 52% of U.S. census tracts).
D higher expected damage per building than 89% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Maury’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $780K a year in losses across Maury: $460K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Maury flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Maury. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Maury isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Greene County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Maury
Disasters that paid out in Maury itself (aid to households or repair grants to Maury), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2018Hurricane Florence5 households applied for aid$5K aid approved
- 2016Hurricane Matthew9 households applied for aid$3K aid approved
- 2011Hurricane Irene15 households applied for aid$2K aid approved
- 2003Hurricane Isabel14 households applied for aid$13K aid approved
Greene County has had 20 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.
- 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 Maury
Is Maury at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Maury has higher expected damage per building than 89% of U.S. towns: D for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is hurricanes (59%) and river and rain flooding (32%). 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 Maury 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 Greene County, 19% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.7% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Maury?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Maury’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 Maury?
By FEMA money that reached Maury, Hurricane Isabel (2003): 14 households applied for aid, $13K approved.
Is Maury at risk from hurricanes?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (59%), and Maury’s rate for it is in the top 5% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Maury.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Maury’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.