Natural hazards · Alberta

Alberta, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alberta comes from drought, 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 Alberta?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alberta to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought48%Inland flooding20%Hurricanes19%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Alberta faces

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

Drought

48% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years 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 Alberta flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brunswick County.

Disasters that hit Alberta

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlbertaDeclared for Brunswick County only

2011

Hurricane Irene

$13K to the Town of Alberta for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

37 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $13K to the Town of Alberta for repairs

Brunswick County has had 17 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. Alberta 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 Alberta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Alberta. 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.