Natural hazards · Raven

Raven, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Raven comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 1994. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Raven?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Raven to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Cold waves9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Raven faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Raven flood?

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

31paid claims since 1994

$1.1Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tazewell County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Raven

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RavenDeclared for Tazewell County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

79 households applied for aid $144K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

96 households applied for aid $239K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2003

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

5 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

Tazewell County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Raven

Raven and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ravenmostly inland floodingVery high

Doranmostly inland floodingVery high

Richlandsmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Raven covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Raven’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Raven. 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 Raven 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.