Natural hazards · Fort Hunt

Fort Hunt, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fort Hunt comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 36 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fort Hunt?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fort Hunt to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Hurricanes5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Fort Hunt faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Fort Hunt flood?

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

36paid claims since 1978

$214Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Bill: 4 claims, $16K
Heavy rains: 2 claims, $14K
Hurricane Gloria: 1 claim, $8K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fort Hunt 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 Fort Hunt

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Fairfax County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fort Hunt itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Fort HuntDeclared for Fairfax County only

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

Around Fort Hunt

Fort Hunt and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fort Huntmostly inland floodingModerate

Hybla Valleymostly inland floodingModerate

Belle Havenmostly inland floodingModerate

Mount Vernonmostly inland floodingLow

Grovetonmostly 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. Fort Hunt covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fort Hunt’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fort Hunt. 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 Fort Hunt total about $6.6M 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.