Natural hazards · Halifax

Halifax, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Halifax comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Halifax?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Halifax to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Hurricanes14%Strong wind7%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Halifax faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Halifax flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Halifax County.

Disasters that hit Halifax

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HalifaxDeclared for Halifax County only

2018

Tropical Storm Michael

$46K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

9 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $27K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

Halifax County has had 21 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. Halifax 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 Halifax’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Halifax. 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.