Natural hazards · Honaker

Honaker, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Honaker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Honaker?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Honaker to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding58%Cold waves29%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Honaker faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Honaker flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Russell County.

Disasters that hit Honaker

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HonakerDeclared for Russell County only

2025

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Honaker for repairs

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

214 households applied for aid $148K aid approved $4K to the Town of Honaker for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm, Record/Near Record Snowfall, Heavy Rain,floodind, and Mudslide

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Russell County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Honaker 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 Honaker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Honaker. 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.