Natural hazards · Brodnax

Brodnax, VA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brodnax to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding40%Drought27%Hurricanes19%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Brodnax faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

27% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years 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 Brodnax flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brunswick County.

Disasters that hit Brodnax

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrodnaxDeclared for Brunswick County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

50 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

Brunswick County has had 17 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. Brodnax 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 Brodnax’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brodnax. 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.