Most Flood-Prone Counties in North...

Based on NOAA Storm Events Database records from 1996 to 2025, these are the North Carolina counties with the most recorded flood events. Wake County tops the list with 304 events. The data includes river floods, flash floods, coastal flooding, and hurricane-related flooding.

Rank	County	Total Events	River Floods	Flash Floods
1	Wake County	304	10	281
2	New Hanover County	217	62	113
3	Brunswick County	161	40	96
4	Watauga County	151	64	86
5	Guilford County	149	5	137
6	Mecklenburg County	130	27	99
7	Pender County	112	26	66
8	Stanly County	110	8	94
9	Henderson County	108	44	62
10	Rockingham County	104	40	61
11	Durham County	103	4	91
12	Currituck County	103	9	25
13	Surry County	99	36	62
14	Transylvania County	99	50	47
15	Cumberland County	97	4	80
16	Pitt County	97	15	63
17	Ashe County	91	20	70
18	Johnston County	90	7	69
19	Cabarrus County	88	43	42
20	Wilkes County	86	21	64
21	Dare County	85	5	27
22	Orange County	85	4	75
23	Union County	83	24	55
24	Carteret County	82	15	53
25	Davidson County	80	8	65
26	Caldwell County	79	13	64
27	Burke County	78	29	45
28	Duplin County	76	10	43
29	Lenoir County	73	12	39
30	Randolph County	71	6	59
31	Columbus County	70	15	44
32	Forsyth County	70	3	59
33	Sampson County	68	3	54
34	Beaufort County	66	7	22
35	Wayne County	66	5	50
36	Onslow County	66	13	47
37	Wilson County	64	2	49
38	Bladen County	63	10	48
39	Moore County	63	4	51
40	Alamance County	59	6	47
41	Franklin County	57	5	41
42	McDowell County	56	15	37
43	Anson County	54	7	39
44	Buncombe County	54	13	39
45	Edgecombe County	54	4	38
46	Greene County	54	2	33
47	Pasquotank County	52	6	25
48	Halifax County	51	2	40
49	Harnett County	50	6	33
50	Nash County	50	3	35
51	Chatham County	49	6	35
52	Montgomery County	49	7	34
53	Hyde County	47	2	8
54	Bertie County	47	8	24
55	Jackson County	47	20	25
56	Robeson County	47	10	30
57	Madison County	46	7	37
58	Catawba County	45	8	33
59	Rowan County	45	13	29
60	Pamlico County	44	1	12
61	Martin County	43	2	23
62	Jones County	42	3	20
63	Camden County	41	8	13
64	Avery County	40	7	31
65	Stokes County	40	14	24
66	Macon County	39	20	18
67	Yadkin County	38	13	24
68	Craven County	38	8	23
69	Hoke County	37	3	24
70	Lee County	37	4	25
71	Haywood County	36	8	26
72	Caswell County	36	18	16
73	Rutherford County	36	8	26
74	Lincoln County	35	10	21
75	Washington County	35	2	7
76	Gaston County	34	16	15
77	Perquimans County	34	5	9
78	Polk County	34	8	24
79	Scotland County	34	2	23
80	Swain County	33	14	17
81	Granville County	33	2	24
82	Iredell County	33	10	20
83	Warren County	32	0	25
84	Alleghany County	32	12	20
85	Mitchell County	32	11	19
86	Person County	32	1	25
87	Richmond County	32	4	20
88	Yancey County	32	8	22
89	Chowan County	31	5	6
90	Gates County	30	4	17
91	Northampton County	30	6	17
92	Hertford County	28	4	16
93	Tyrrell County	27	0	2
94	Vance County	24	2	16
95	Cleveland County	23	7	14
96	Cherokee County	21	8	12
97	Alexander County	19	3	14
98	Davie County	15	7	6
99	Graham County	12	5	6
100	Clay County	12	6	5

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025).

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