Natural hazards · Farmville

Farmville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farmville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 40 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farmville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farmville to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding41%Drought17%Hurricanes15%Earthquakes12%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Farmville faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Farmville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Farmville, from FEMA’s records.

40paid claims since 1978

$744Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Fran: 11 claims, $319K
Hurricane Eta: 6 claims, $266K
Hurricane Michael: 2 claims, $101K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Prince Edward County.

Disasters that hit Farmville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarmvilleDeclared for Prince Edward County only

2018

Tropical Storm Michael

$92K to the Town of Farmville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

85 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $20K to the Town of Farmville for repairs

Prince Edward County has had 20 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. Farmville 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 Farmville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Farmville. 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.