Natural hazards · Dryden

Dryden, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dryden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dryden?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dryden to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Cold waves10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Dryden faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

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 Dryden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lee County.

Disasters that hit Dryden

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DrydenDeclared for Lee County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

10 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2003

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

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Lee County has had 17 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. Dryden 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 Dryden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dryden. 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.