Natural hazards · Capron

Capron, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Capron comes from hurricanes, 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 Capron?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Capron to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and drought.

Hurricanes36%Drought25%Inland flooding23%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Capron faces

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

Hurricanes

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

25% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year 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 Capron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Capron 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Capron

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CapronDeclared for Southampton County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

31 households applied for aid $24K 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. Capron 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 Capron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Capron. 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.