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Natural hazards · Saltville

Saltville, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Saltville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Saltville?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Saltville to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves35%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Saltville faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

35% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 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 Saltville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Saltville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Smyth County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Saltville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SaltvilleDeclared for Smyth County only
2025

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$27K to the Town of Saltville for repairs
2024

Tropical Storm Helene

132 households applied for aid $181K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $78K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$52K to the Town of Saltville for repairs
2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Saltville for repairs
Smyth 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. Saltville 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 Saltville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Saltville. 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.

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