Natural hazards · Cumberland

Cumberland, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cumberland comes from drought, and overall the risk is low 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 Cumberland?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cumberland to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought35%Inland flooding35%Hurricanes13%Earthquakes7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Cumberland faces

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

Drought

35% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% 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 Cumberland flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cumberland County.

Disasters that hit Cumberland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CumberlandDeclared for Cumberland County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

37 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Cumberland County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Cumberland 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 Cumberland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cumberland. 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.