Natural hazards · Accomac

Accomac, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Accomac comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Accomac?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Accomac to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes63%Inland flooding17%Cold waves6%Coastal flooding6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Accomac faces

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

Hurricanes

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Accomac flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Accomack County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Accomac

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AccomacDeclared for Accomack County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Accomack County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

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