Natural hazards · Eggleston

Eggleston, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eggleston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Eggleston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eggleston to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Eggleston faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Eggleston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Giles County.

Disasters that hit Eggleston

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EgglestonDeclared for Giles County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

4 households applied for aid

Giles County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Eggleston 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 Eggleston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Eggleston. 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.