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 289 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	289	8	281
2	New Hanover County	177	62	113
3	Watauga County	147	61	86
4	Guilford County	140	3	137
5	Brunswick County	138	40	96
6	Mecklenburg County	120	21	99
7	Stanly County	97	3	94
8	Henderson County	97	35	62
9	Rockingham County	94	33	61
10	Durham County	93	2	91
11	Pender County	93	26	66
12	Surry County	90	28	62
13	Ashe County	87	17	70
14	Transylvania County	87	40	47
15	Cumberland County	83	2	80
16	Wilkes County	80	16	64
17	Orange County	78	3	75
18	Caldwell County	77	13	64
19	Pitt County	76	13	63
20	Cabarrus County	75	33	42
21	Burke County	74	29	45
22	Johnston County	73	4	69
23	Davidson County	71	6	65
24	Union County	71	16	55
25	Carteret County	68	15	53
26	Randolph County	62	3	59
27	Forsyth County	60	1	59
28	Onslow County	60	13	47
29	Columbus County	59	15	44
30	Bladen County	58	10	48
31	Sampson County	57	3	54
32	Wayne County	53	3	50
33	Duplin County	52	9	43
34	McDowell County	52	15	37
35	Moore County	52	1	51
36	Alamance County	50	3	47
37	Wilson County	50	1	49
38	Lenoir County	49	10	39
39	Buncombe County	47	8	39
40	Anson County	44	5	39
41	Franklin County	44	3	41
42	Halifax County	41	1	40
43	Robeson County	40	10	30
44	Catawba County	39	6	33
45	Edgecombe County	39	1	38
46	Madison County	38	1	37
47	Montgomery County	37	3	34
48	Nash County	37	2	35
49	Rowan County	37	8	29
50	Chatham County	36	1	35
51	Stokes County	36	12	24
52	Greene County	35	2	33
53	Harnett County	35	2	33
54	Currituck County	34	9	25
55	Rutherford County	34	8	26
56	Avery County	33	2	31
57	Dare County	33	5	27
58	Bertie County	32	8	24
59	Polk County	32	8	24
60	Craven County	31	8	23
61	Jackson County	31	6	25
62	Pasquotank County	31	6	25
63	Yadkin County	30	6	24
64	Beaufort County	29	6	22
65	Alleghany County	29	9	20
66	Haywood County	28	2	26
67	Iredell County	27	7	20
68	Gaston County	26	11	15
69	Lee County	26	1	25
70	Macon County	25	7	18
71	Swain County	25	8	17
72	Warren County	25	0	25
73	Granville County	25	1	24
74	Hoke County	25	1	24
75	Person County	25	0	25
76	Caswell County	24	8	16
77	Lincoln County	24	3	21
78	Martin County	24	1	23
79	Scotland County	24	1	23
80	Yancey County	24	2	22
81	Jones County	23	3	20
82	Mitchell County	23	4	19
83	Northampton County	23	6	17
84	Gates County	22	4	17
85	Richmond County	22	2	20
86	Camden County	21	8	13
87	Cherokee County	20	8	12
88	Hertford County	20	4	16
89	Cleveland County	18	4	14
90	Vance County	17	1	16
91	Alexander County	16	2	14
92	Perquimans County	14	5	9
93	Pamlico County	12	0	12
94	Chowan County	11	5	6
95	Clay County	11	6	5
96	Hyde County	10	2	8
97	Washington County	9	2	7
98	Davie County	7	1	6
99	Graham County	6	0	6
100	Tyrrell County	2	0	2

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

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