Heat wave
Relatively High
96.90-100
FEMA NRI / county-level
United States / ZIP code
27540
Matched FEMA geography
Wake, NC
Most sources do not follow ZIP boundaries. Every section states the geography it actually describes.
Index / source register
What is in this file
01FEMA National Risk IndexCountyModeled risk
02OpenFEMA declarationsCountyHistorical record
03EPA TRIFacility radiusReported chemical activity
04EPA Superfund + radonPoint + countyCached record
05EPA ECHOFacility radiusCompliance record
06CDC PLACESZCTAModeled health context
07AirNow + NWSNearby monitors + forecast pointLive
08USGS earthquake sourcesPoint radiusModel + events
09EPA + Water Quality PortalSystem + stationMixed record
01 / FEMA NRI
Published modeled-risk values
These are FEMA National Risk Index values for the matched county. How Is My ZIP does not recalculate, weight, or convert them into a local verdict.
Overall National Risk Index95.5FEMA score on a 0-100 scaleRelatively High
- Published rating
- Relatively High
- Geographic unit
- Wake, NC
- County FIPS
- 37183
- Publisher
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
Wildfire
Very Low
57.40-100
FEMA NRI / county-level
Drought
Relatively Low
51.10-100
FEMA NRI / county-level
Riverine flooding
Relatively High
97.70-100
FEMA NRI / county-level
Coastal flooding
Not Applicable
00-100
FEMA NRI / county-level
02 / OpenFEMA
Federal declaration history
County-specific federal disaster declarations for Wake, NC. Statewide declarations are not assigned to every county.
26Federal declarations1968-2026
Most common types
- Hurricane
- 11
- Severe Storm
- 3
- Snowstorm
- 3
- Biological
- 2
Most recent records
- 2026 / Winter StormSEVERE WINTER STORM
- 2024 / Tropical StormHURRICANE HELENE
- 2024 / Tropical StormTROPICAL STORM DEBBY
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries
03 / EPA TRI
Facility-reported chemical activity near the Census point for this ZIP.
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