Natural hazards · Buckhall

Buckhall, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckhall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 20 claims here since 1979.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckhall?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckhall to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Heat waves8%Tornadoes6%Hurricanes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Buckhall faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Buckhall flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Buckhall, from FEMA’s records.

20paid claims since 1979

$375Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 6 claims, $155K
October severe storms: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Prince William County.

Disasters that hit Buckhall

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Prince William County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Buckhall itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BuckhallDeclared for Prince William County only

Prince William County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Buckhall

Buckhall and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Manassas Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Yorkshiremostly inland floodingModerate

Buckhallmostly inland floodingLow

Manassasmostly inland floodingLow

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. Buckhall covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Buckhall’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Buckhall. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Buckhall total about $3.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.