Natural hazards · Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ivanhoe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Ivanhoe?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ivanhoe to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding44%Cold waves40%Strong wind7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Ivanhoe faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ivanhoe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wythe County.

Disasters that hit Ivanhoe

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IvanhoeDeclared for Wythe County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

93 households applied for aid $550K aid approved

Wythe County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe 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. Ivanhoe 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 Ivanhoe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ivanhoe. 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.