Natural hazards · Nassawadox

Nassawadox, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nassawadox comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2009. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nassawadox?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes50%Strong wind18%Inland flooding12%Drought9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Nassawadox faces

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

Hurricanes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Nassawadox flood?

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

1paid claims since 2009

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Northampton County.

Disasters that hit Nassawadox

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NassawadoxDeclared for Northampton County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

10 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Northampton County has had 17 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. Nassawadox 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 Nassawadox’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Nassawadox. 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.