Natural hazards · Pungoteague

Pungoteague, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pungoteague comes from hurricanes, 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 Pungoteague?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pungoteague to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes62%Inland flooding17%Coastal flooding11%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Pungoteague faces

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

Hurricanes

62% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Coastal flooding

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Pungoteague flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Accomack County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Pungoteague

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PungoteagueDeclared for Accomack County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

5 households applied for aid

Accomack County has had 15 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. Pungoteague 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 Pungoteague’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pungoteague. 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.