Natural hazards · Clinchco

Clinchco, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinchco comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Clinchco?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinchco to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Strong wind12%Wildfire11%Cold waves10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Clinchco faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Clinchco flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dickenson County.

Disasters that hit Clinchco

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClinchcoDeclared for Dickenson County only

2003

Severe Winter Storm, Record/Near Record Snowfall, Heavy Rain,floodind, and Mudslide

33 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

Dickenson County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Clinchco 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 Clinchco’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Clinchco. 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.