Natural hazards · Barboursville

Barboursville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barboursville 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 Barboursville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barboursville to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Hurricanes14%Drought14%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Barboursville faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 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 Barboursville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orange County.

Disasters that hit Barboursville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarboursvilleDeclared for Orange County only

2011

Earthquake

21 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

9 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Orange County has had 20 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. Barboursville 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 Barboursville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Barboursville. 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.