Natural hazards · Bealeton

Bealeton, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bealeton comes from inland flooding, 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 Bealeton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bealeton to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Strong wind6%Heat waves6%Lightning6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bealeton faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Bealeton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fauquier County.

Disasters that hit Bealeton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BealetonDeclared for Fauquier County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

Fauquier County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe 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. Bealeton 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 Bealeton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bealeton. 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.

Bealeton, VA natural hazards

How exposed is Bealeton?

What Bealeton faces

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Heat waves

Lightning

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Bealeton flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Isabel

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Matches

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