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Flood history · Lumberton, NC 28360

Flood insurance claims in Lumberton, NC 28360

319 claims since 1996 and $16.0 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

319flood insurance claims since 1996
$16.0 millionpaid to policyholders
$54,164average paid claim
175claims in the last 10 years
18%of claims outside high-risk zones
#62of 744 North Carolina ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 28360 since 1978.

1996: 2 claims1998: 5 claims1999: 19 claims2004: 5 claims2006: 1 claims2011: 2 claims2016: 110 claims2018: 158 claims2021: 2 claims2024: 14 claims2025: 1 claims200020102020

What the record says

82% of claims were on properties in high-risk zones and 18% outside them.

One event dominates the record: Hurricane Florence accounts for 49% of all claims in this ZIP code.

Flooding here is recent: 175 claims (55%) were in the last 10 years.

The most commonly recorded cause is rivers, streams or lakes overflowing.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Hurricane Florence201815749%
Hurricane Matthew201610834%
Hurricane Floyd1999175%
Hurricane Debby2024134%
2025 July TS Chantal202510%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)75% · 240
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)17% · 53
Zone not recorded8% · 26

NFIP communities

Lumberton, City OfParticipates in the NFIP
Robeson County *Participates in the NFIP

Federal disaster declarations in Robeson County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Hurricane HeleneTropical Storm · Emergency · 2024-09-26
Tropical Storm DebbyTropical Storm · Emergency · 2024-08-06
Hurricane IanHurricane · Emergency · 2022-10-01
Tropical Storm EtaSevere Storm · Major disaster · 2021-03-03
Hurricane IsaiasHurricane · Emergency · 2020-08-02
Hurricane DorianHurricane · Major disaster · 2019-10-04

15 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Robeson County since 2000.

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Sources: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3) and Disaster Declarations Summaries, FEMA NFIP Community Status Book; place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data as of 2026-10-09. Payments are net building + contents payments in dollars at the time paid, not adjusted for inflation. Claims are grouped by the ZIP code reported on the claim. This product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA. Information only; not an official flood zone determination or insurance advice.

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