Natural hazards · Virginville

Virginville, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Virginville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Virginville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Virginville to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes10%Drought9%Everything else23%

By hazard

What Virginville faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Virginville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Berks County.

Disasters that hit Virginville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Berks County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Virginville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into VirginvilleDeclared for Berks County only

Berks County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Virginville

Virginville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greenwichmostly inland floodingLow

Perrymostly inland floodingLow

Virginvillemostly inland floodingLow

Richmondmostly inland floodingLow

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. Virginville 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 Virginville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Virginville. 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.