Natural hazards · Lebanon

Lebanon, VA natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lebanon to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves32%Earthquakes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lebanon faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lebanon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lebanon 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 Lebanon

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LebanonDeclared for Russell County only

2025

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Lebanon for repairs

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

221 households applied for aid $183K aid approved $25K to the Town of Lebanon for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $55K aid approved

2003

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

6 households applied for aid $14K 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. Lebanon 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 Lebanon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lebanon. 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.