Natural hazards · Falls Mills

Falls Mills, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Falls Mills comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Falls Mills?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Falls Mills to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves18%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Falls Mills faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Falls Mills flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tazewell County.

Disasters that hit Falls Mills

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Falls MillsDeclared for Tazewell County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

46 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2003

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

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Tazewell County has had 22 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. Falls Mills 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 Falls Mills’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Falls Mills. 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.