Natural hazards · Weyers Cave

Weyers Cave, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weyers Cave comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Weyers Cave?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weyers Cave to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes8%Strong wind5%Everything else24%

By hazard

What Weyers Cave faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 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 Weyers Cave flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Weyers Cave 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 Weyers Cave

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Weyers CaveDeclared for Augusta County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

1 household applied for aid

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. Weyers Cave 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 Weyers Cave’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Weyers Cave. 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.