Natural hazards · Boyce

Boyce, VA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boyce to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Drought15%Heat waves8%Strong wind8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Boyce 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 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Boyce flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clarke County.

Disasters that hit Boyce

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoyceDeclared for Clarke County only

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$1K to the Town of Boyce for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

1 household applied for aid $512 aid approved

Clarke County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter 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. Boyce 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 Boyce’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Boyce. 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.