Natural hazards · Virginia

Virginia, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Virginia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Virginia?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Virginia to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Virginia faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 26 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Virginia flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Virginia.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Virginia isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Coshocton County.

Disasters that hit Virginia

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Virginia itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Virginia.

Brought FEMA money into VirginiaDeclared for Coshocton County only

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$5K to the Township of Virginia for repairs

2004

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$5K to the Township of Virginia for repairs

Coshocton County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Virginia

Virginia and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cassmostly inland floodingLow

Virginiamostly inland floodingLow

Franklinmostly inland floodingLow

Washingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Jacksonmostly inland floodingVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Virginia is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Virginia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Virginia. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.