Natural hazards · Ettrick

Ettrick, VA natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ettrick to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes17%Earthquakes13%Tornadoes10%Heat waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Ettrick faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Ettrick flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chesterfield County.

Disasters that hit Ettrick

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EttrickDeclared for Chesterfield County only

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes Associated W Td Gaston

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Isabel

29 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Chesterfield County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Ettrick

Ettrick and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Matoacamostly inland floodingModerate

Colonial Heightsmostly inland floodingLow

Petersburgmostly inland floodingVery low

Ettrickmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Ettrick covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ettrick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ettrick. 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 Ettrick total about $601K 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.