FEMA expects more hazard damage per building in Victoria than in 66% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Victoria gets a C for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 66% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (53%), then earthquakes (31%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Victoria faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Earthquakes
Tornadoes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Victoria’s grade
River and rain flooding is 53% of the building damage FEMA expects in Victoria, and Victoria’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 52% of U.S. census tracts. Tornadoes add 12%, at a rate in the top 8% of U.S. census tracts.
C higher expected damage per building than 66% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Victoria’s residents live in 3 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $596K a year in losses across Victoria: $357K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Victoria flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Victoria. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Victoria isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Marshall County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Victoria
Disasters that paid out in Victoria itself (aid to households or repair grants to Victoria), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2026Severe Winter Storm9 households applied for aid$33K aid approved
Marshall County has had 14 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then hurricanes and tropical storms.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Victoria
Is Victoria at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Victoria has higher expected damage per building than 66% of U.S. towns: C for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (53%) and earthquakes (31%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Victoria in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Marshall County, 6% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.1% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Victoria?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Victoria’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Victoria?
By FEMA money that reached Victoria, Severe Winter Storm (2026): 9 households applied for aid, $33K approved.
Is Victoria at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (53%), and Victoria’s rate for it is higher than 52% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Victoria.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Victoria’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.