Natural hazards · Maurertown

Maurertown, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maurertown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 35 claims here since 1985. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maurertown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maurertown to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes10%Strong wind6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Maurertown faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Maurertown flood?

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

35paid claims since 1985

$1.1Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Fran: 12 claims, $552K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shenandoah County.

Disasters that hit Maurertown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaurertownDeclared for Shenandoah County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

3 households applied for aid

Shenandoah County has had 21 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. Maurertown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Maurertown’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Maurertown. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Maurertown total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.