Natural hazards · Iron Gate

Iron Gate, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Iron Gate comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1996.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Iron Gate?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Iron Gate to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Strong wind15%Cold waves10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Iron Gate faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Iron Gate flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Iron Gate, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1996

$100paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Alleghany County.

Disasters that hit Iron Gate

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Iron GateDeclared for Alleghany County only

Alleghany County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter 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. Iron Gate 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 Iron Gate’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Iron Gate. 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.