Natural hazards · Allisonia

Allisonia, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Allisonia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high 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 Allisonia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Allisonia to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Allisonia faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Allisonia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Allisonia

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AllisoniaDeclared for Pulaski County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

10 households applied for aid $101K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm, Record/Near Record Snowfall, Heavy Rain,floodind, and Mudslide

1 household applied for aid

Pulaski County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Allisonia 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 Allisonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Allisonia. 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.