Natural hazards · Verona

Verona, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Verona comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Verona?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Verona to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Earthquakes6%Everything else24%

By hazard

What Verona faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Verona flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Augusta County.

Disasters that hit Verona

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VeronaDeclared for Augusta County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

16 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Augusta County has had 22 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. Verona 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 Verona’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Verona. 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.