Natural hazards · Fairfax Station

Fairfax Station, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairfax Station comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fairfax Station?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding76%Hurricanes7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Fairfax Station faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Fairfax Station flood?

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

5paid claims since 1979

$13Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $1K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fairfax Station 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 Fairfax Station

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Fairfax StationDeclared for Fairfax County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

11 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

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

Around Fairfax Station

Fairfax Station and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Union Millmostly inland floodingModerate

Braddockmostly inland floodingLow

Fairfax Stationmostly inland floodingLow

Kings Park Westmostly inland floodingLow

Burkemostly inland floodingLow

Burke Centremostly 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. Fairfax Station covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fairfax Station’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fairfax Station. 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 Fairfax Station total about $3.5M 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.