Natural hazards · Strasburg

Strasburg, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Strasburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Strasburg?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Strasburg to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Hurricanes11%Strong wind8%Earthquakes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Strasburg faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Strasburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Shenandoah County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Strasburg

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StrasburgDeclared for Shenandoah County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$77K to the Town of Strasburg for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid $398 aid approved

2003

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

$10K to the Town of Strasburg for repairs

Shenandoah County has had 21 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. Strasburg 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 Strasburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Strasburg. 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.