Natural hazards · Glen Lyn

Glen Lyn, VA natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glen Lyn to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Cold waves9%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Glen Lyn faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Glen Lyn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Giles County.

Disasters that hit Glen Lyn

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Glen LynDeclared for Giles County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

3 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Giles County has had 19 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. Glen Lyn 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 Glen Lyn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Glen Lyn. 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.