Natural hazards · Weems

Weems, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weems comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Weems?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes50%Inland flooding22%Drought8%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Weems faces

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

Hurricanes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Weems flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lancaster County.

Disasters that hit Weems

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeemsDeclared for Lancaster County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

125 households applied for aid $143K aid approved

Lancaster County has had 19 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. Weems 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 Weems’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Weems. 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.