Natural hazards · Nellysford

Nellysford, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nellysford comes from inland flooding, 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 Nellysford?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nellysford to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Nellysford faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Nellysford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nelson County.

Disasters that hit Nellysford

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NellysfordDeclared for Nelson County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Nelson County has had 24 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. Nellysford covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nellysford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Nellysford. 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 Nellysford total about $2.1M 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.