Natural hazards · Dublin

Dublin, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dublin 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 Dublin?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dublin to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding63%Cold waves16%Earthquakes8%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Dublin faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dublin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

Disasters that hit Dublin

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DublinDeclared for Pulaski County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

76 households applied for aid $113K aid approved

2003

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

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Pulaski 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. Dublin covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dublin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dublin. 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 Dublin total about $534K 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.