Natural hazards · Branchville

Branchville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Branchville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Branchville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Branchville to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes31%Drought18%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Branchville faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Branchville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Southampton County.

Disasters that hit Branchville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BranchvilleDeclared for Southampton County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

14 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Southampton County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Branchville 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 Branchville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Branchville. 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.