Natural hazards · Ivor

Ivor, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ivor 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 Ivor?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ivor to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes38%Inland flooding29%Drought18%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Ivor faces

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

Hurricanes

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Ivor flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Southampton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Ivor

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IvorDeclared for Southampton County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

122 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

Southampton County has had 11 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. Ivor 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 Ivor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ivor. 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.