George Pinkney Morgan House · Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Rivesville
Rivesville isn’t graded for hazard risk: Rivesville has 627 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2009.
What Rivesville 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
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.
Does Rivesville flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 2009
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Rivesville, from FEMA’s records.
Rivesville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Marion County.5 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Rivesville
Disasters that paid out in Rivesville itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Rivesville), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2025Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides6 households applied for aid$39K aid approved
- 2012Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides1 households applied for aid$196 aid approved
- 2003Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides7 households applied for aid$32K aid approved
- 2003Severe Winter Storm, Record/near Record Snow, Heavy Rains, Flooding and Landslides$950 to the Town of Rivesville for repairs
- 2000Flooding, Severe Storms, and Landslides$2K to the Town of Rivesville for repairs
Marion County has had 19 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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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.
- 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 Rivesville
Does Rivesville flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Rivesville since 2009, $6K in all.
Is Rivesville 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 Marion County, 10% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.6% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Rivesville?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Rivesville’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 Rivesville?
By FEMA money that reached Rivesville, Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (2025): 6 households applied for aid, $39K approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Rivesville.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Rivesville’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.