Natural hazards · Fishersville

Fishersville, VA natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fishersville to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes8%Strong wind6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Fishersville faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Fishersville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Augusta County.

Disasters that hit Fishersville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FishersvilleDeclared for Augusta County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

7 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

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

Around Fishersville

Fishersville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Waynesboromostly inland floodingModerate

Fishersvillemostly 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. Fishersville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fishersville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fishersville. 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 Fishersville total about $1.5M 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.