Natural hazards · Burkeville

Burkeville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burkeville comes from drought, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burkeville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burkeville to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought26%Inland flooding20%Strong wind16%Hurricanes15%Earthquakes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Burkeville faces

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

Drought

26% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Burkeville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nottoway County.

Disasters that hit Burkeville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurkevilleDeclared for Nottoway County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$24K to the Town of Burkeville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

27 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $8K to the Town of Burkeville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storms

$3K to the Town of Burkeville for repairs

Nottoway County has had 19 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. Burkeville 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 Burkeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Burkeville. 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.

Burkeville, VA natural hazards

How exposed is Burkeville?

What Burkeville faces

Drought

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Hurricanes

Earthquakes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Burkeville flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Hurricane Isabel

Severe Winter Storms

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