Natural hazards · Chase

Chase, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chase comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chase?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chase to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes20%Drought17%Earthquakes5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Chase faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Chase flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mecklenburg County.

Disasters that hit Chase

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChaseDeclared for Mecklenburg County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$105K to the Town of Chase for repairs

2018

Tropical Storm Michael

$26K to the Town of Chase for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

16 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $19K to the Town of Chase for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the Town of Chase for repairs

Mecklenburg 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. Chase 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 Chase’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Chase. 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.

Chase, VA natural hazards

How exposed is Chase?

What Chase faces

Inland flooding

Hurricanes

Drought

Earthquakes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Chase flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Tropical Storm Michael

Hurricane Isabel

Severe Winter Storms

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