Natural hazards · Pulaski

Pulaski, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pulaski comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1989. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pulaski?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pulaski to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Earthquakes12%Cold waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Pulaski faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pulaski flood?

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

17paid claims since 1989

$184Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19892026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

30flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Pulaski

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PulaskiDeclared for Pulaski County only

2025

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$134K to the Town of Pulaski for repairs

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

85 households applied for aid $69K aid approved $69K to the Town of Pulaski for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

$6K to the Town of Pulaski for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$8K to the Town of Pulaski for repairs

2003

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

10 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Pulaski 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. Pulaski covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pulaski’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pulaski. 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 Pulaski total about $1.6M 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.