Natural hazards · Shenandoah

Shenandoah, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shenandoah comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1996. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shenandoah?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shenandoah to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Hurricanes11%Strong wind6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Shenandoah faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Shenandoah flood?

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

1paid claims since 1996

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Fran: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Page County.

Disasters that hit Shenandoah

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShenandoahDeclared for Page County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$7K to the Town of Shenandoah for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

48 households applied for aid $31K aid approved $27K to the Town of Shenandoah for repairs

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

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