Is Morganton safe? United States travel risk
Is Morganton safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Morganton scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Morganton scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Morganton: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than 32% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
In the North Carolina territory, Morganton is established at 35.7408° N, 81.7002° W. It lies 543.3 km NE relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/New_York.
North Carolina
35.7408° N, 81.7002° W
352 m
America/New_York
17,541
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Morganton happened in August (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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