Natural hazards · Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dinwiddie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dinwiddie?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dinwiddie to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding41%Drought31%Tornadoes6%Hurricanes6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Dinwiddie 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

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

31% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Dinwiddie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dinwiddie County.

Disasters that hit Dinwiddie

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DinwiddieDeclared for Dinwiddie County only

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes Associated W Td Gaston

4 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

116 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

Dinwiddie County has had 20 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. Dinwiddie covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dinwiddie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dinwiddie. 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 Dinwiddie total about $1.1M 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.