Natural hazards · Kenbridge

Kenbridge, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenbridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kenbridge?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenbridge to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding29%Hurricanes21%Drought13%Strong wind13%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Kenbridge faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Kenbridge flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lunenburg County.

Disasters that hit Kenbridge

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KenbridgeDeclared for Lunenburg County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$86K to the Town of Kenbridge for repairs

2018

Tropical Storm Michael

$15K to the Town of Kenbridge for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

45 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $6K to the Town of Kenbridge for repairs

Lunenburg County has had 20 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. Kenbridge 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 Kenbridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kenbridge. 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.