Natural hazards · Stanley

Stanley, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2003. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanley?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanley to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes14%Strong wind9%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Stanley faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Stanley flood?

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

1paid claims since 2003

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isabel: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Stanley 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 Stanley

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StanleyDeclared for Page County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

146 households applied for aid $286K aid approved $22K to the Town of Stanley 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. Stanley 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 Stanley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stanley. 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.