Natural hazards · Bastian

Bastian, VA natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bastian to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding63%Cold waves29%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Bastian faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bastian flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bland County.

Disasters that hit Bastian

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BastianDeclared for Bland County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

39 households applied for aid $137K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

Bland County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe 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. Bastian 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 Bastian’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bastian. 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.