Natural hazards · Buckingham Courthouse

Buckingham Courthouse, VA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckingham Courthouse?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckingham Courthouse to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding44%Drought16%Hurricanes15%Strong wind8%Earthquakes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Buckingham Courthouse faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Buckingham Courthouse flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Buckingham County.

Disasters that hit Buckingham Courthouse

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Buckingham CourthouseDeclared for Buckingham County only

Buckingham County has had 21 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. Buckingham Courthouse 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 Buckingham Courthouse’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Buckingham Courthouse. 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.