Natural hazards · Carrsville

Carrsville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carrsville 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 Carrsville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carrsville to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding35%Drought33%Hurricanes19%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Carrsville faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

33% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 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 Carrsville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Isle of Wight County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Carrsville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarrsvilleDeclared for Isle of Wight County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

108 households applied for aid $60K aid approved

Isle of Wight County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Carrsville

Carrsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Carrsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Suffolkmostly inland floodingLow

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. Carrsville 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 Carrsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Carrsville. 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.