Natural hazards · Greenbackville

Greenbackville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenbackville comes from hurricanes, 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 Greenbackville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenbackville to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes56%Inland flooding21%Coastal flooding13%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Greenbackville faces

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

Hurricanes

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Coastal flooding

13% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Greenbackville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Accomack County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Greenbackville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenbackvilleDeclared for Accomack County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid

Accomack 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. Greenbackville 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 Greenbackville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Greenbackville. 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.