Natural hazards · Danville

Danville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Danville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 130 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Danville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Danville to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Tornadoes7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Danville faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Danville flood?

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

130paid claims since 1978

$4.9Mpaid to owners

22homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Michael: 36 claims, $2.3M
Hurricane Fran: 6 claims, $40K
Hurricane Eta: 2 claims, $89K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: the county.

Disasters that hit Danville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DanvilleDeclared for the county only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

7 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $56K to the City of Danville for repairs

2018

Tropical Storm Michael

$6.9M to the City of Danville for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

$141K to the City of Danville for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$290K to the City of Danville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

104 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $372K to the City of Danville for repairs

2003

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

$400K to the City of Danville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storms

$152K to the City of Danville for repairs

the county has had 14 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. Danville covers 16 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Danville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Danville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Danville total about $18.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.