Natural hazards · Gasburg

Gasburg, VA natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gasburg to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding55%Hurricanes21%Drought14%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Gasburg faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Gasburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brunswick County.

Disasters that hit Gasburg

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GasburgDeclared for Brunswick County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

9 households applied for aid $941 aid approved

Brunswick County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Gasburg 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 Gasburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Gasburg. 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.