Natural hazards · Craigsville

Craigsville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Craigsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1995.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Craigsville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Craigsville to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Craigsville faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Craigsville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Craigsville, from FEMA’s records.

16paid claims since 1995

$246Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19952026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Augusta County.

Disasters that hit Craigsville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Augusta County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Craigsville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CraigsvilleDeclared for Augusta County only

Augusta County has had 22 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. Craigsville 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 Craigsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Craigsville. 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.