Second Yadkin County Jail · Photo: G Keith Hall · CC BY-SA 3.0On FEMA’s figures, Yadkinville faces less hazard damage per building than 88% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Yadkinville gets an A for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 88% of U.S. towns, #2 of 290 in North Carolina. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (71%), then tornadoes (11%). 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 Yadkinville 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
Earthquakes
Ice storms
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 Yadkinville’s grade
River and rain flooding is 71% of the building damage FEMA expects in Yadkinville, and Yadkinville’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 77% of U.S. census tracts. Ice storms add 5%, at a rate in the top 6% of U.S. census tracts.
A #2 of 290 in North Carolina; lower expected damage per building than 88% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Yadkinville’s residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical North Carolina town has lower expected damage than 51% of U.S. towns; within the state, Yadkinville has less expected damage per building than 100% of North Carolina towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $776K a year in losses across Yadkinville: $583K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Yadkinville flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Yadkinville. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Yadkinville 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.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Yadkinville
Disasters that paid out in Yadkinville itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Yadkinville), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2024Tropical Storm Helene58 households applied for aid$64K aid approved
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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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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Ice brings down trees and lines: plan for days without power.
- Run a generator outside, far from doors and windows.
- Keep sand or salt by the door.
- 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 Yadkinville
Is Yadkinville at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Yadkinville has lower expected damage per building than 88% of U.S. towns: A for hazard risk, #2 of 290 in North Carolina. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (71%) and tornadoes (11%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Yadkinville 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 Yadkinville?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Yadkinville’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 Yadkinville?
By FEMA money that reached Yadkinville, Tropical Storm Helene (2024): 58 households applied for aid, $64K approved.
Is Yadkinville at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (71%), and Yadkinville’s rate for it is lower than 77% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Yadkinville.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Yadkinville’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.