Natural hazards · Gloucester Courthouse

Gloucester Courthouse, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gloucester Courthouse comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gloucester Courthouse?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gloucester Courthouse to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding42%Hurricanes15%Coastal flooding12%Drought7%Strong wind6%Tornadoes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Gloucester Courthouse faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Coastal flooding

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 55 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Gloucester Courthouse flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gloucester County.

Disasters that hit Gloucester Courthouse

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Gloucester County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Gloucester Courthouse itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Gloucester CourthouseDeclared for Gloucester County only

Gloucester County has had 15 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. Gloucester Courthouse 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 Gloucester Courthouse’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Gloucester Courthouse. 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.