Natural hazards · Belview

Belview, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Belview?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belview to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Cold waves14%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Belview faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Belview flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Belview

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Montgomery County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Belview itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BelviewDeclared for Montgomery County only

Montgomery County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Belview covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Belview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Belview. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Belview total about $529K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.