Natural hazards · Cherry Hill

Cherry Hill, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cherry Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2011.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cherry Hill?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cherry Hill to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding50%Heat waves16%Tornadoes10%Hurricanes7%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Cherry Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Cherry Hill flood?

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

3paid claims since 2011

$25Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Cherry Hill 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 Cherry Hill

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Cherry HillDeclared for Prince William County only

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

Around Cherry Hill

Cherry Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Montclairmostly inland floodingLow

Dumfriesmostly inland floodingLow

Leesylvaniamostly inland floodingLow

Trianglemostly inland floodingVery low

Cherry Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Quantico Basemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Cherry Hill covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cherry Hill’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cherry Hill. 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 Cherry Hill total about $1.9M 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.