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Flood history · Snow Hill, NC 28580

Flood insurance claims in Snow Hill, NC 28580

51 claims since 1988 and $1.6 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

51flood insurance claims since 1988
$1.6 millionpaid to policyholders
$34,100average paid claim
6claims in the last 10 years
53%of claims outside high-risk zones
#210of 744 North Carolina ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 28580 since 1978.

1988: 1 claims1996: 1 claims1998: 3 claims1999: 8 claims2005: 1 claims2011: 2 claims2016: 29 claims2017: 4 claims2018: 1 claims2020: 1 claims1990200020102020

What the record says

About 53% of claims here were on properties rated outside high-risk zones (zones X, B or C). A lower-risk zone on the map is not a guarantee.

One event dominates the record: Hurricane Matthew accounts for 57% of all claims in this ZIP code.

6 claims were filed in the last 10 years.

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

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Hurricane Matthew20162957%
Hurricane Floyd1999714%
Hurricane Bonnie199836%
Hurricane Bertha199612%
Hurricane Eta202012%
Hurricane Dennis199912%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)47% · 24
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)53% · 27

NFIP communities

Greene County *Participates in the NFIP
Snow Hill, Town OfParticipates in the NFIP

Federal disaster declarations in Greene 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
Hurricane IsaiasHurricane · Emergency · 2020-08-02
Hurricane DorianHurricane · Major disaster · 2019-10-04
Hurricane DorianHurricane · Emergency · 2019-09-03

17 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Greene 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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