Natural hazards · Saxis

Saxis, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Saxis comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1992. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Saxis?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Saxis to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes38%Coastal flooding30%Inland flooding22%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Saxis faces

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

Hurricanes

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Coastal flooding

30% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

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 Saxis flood?

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

32paid claims since 1992

$596Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19922026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 16 claims, $447K
Hurricane Floyd: 13 claims, $123K
Hurricane Isabel: 1 claim, $7K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Saxis 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

27homes raised above flood level

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Saxis

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SaxisDeclared for Accomack County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$30K to the Town of Saxis for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$6K to the Town of Saxis for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$20K to the Town of Saxis for repairs

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. Saxis 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 Saxis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Saxis. 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.