Natural hazards · Dunn Loring

Dunn Loring, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dunn Loring comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Dunn Loring?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dunn Loring to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Hurricanes9%Heat waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Dunn Loring faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dunn Loring flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fairfax County.

Disasters that hit Dunn Loring

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Dunn LoringDeclared for Fairfax County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid

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

Around Dunn Loring

Dunn Loring and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Viennamostly inland floodingLow

Dunn Loringmostly inland floodingVery low

Idylwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

Merrifieldmostly inland floodingVery low

Tysonsmostly 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. Dunn Loring covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dunn Loring’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dunn Loring. 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 Dunn Loring total about $2.3M 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.