Natural hazards · George Mason

George Mason, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in George Mason comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2015.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is George Mason?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in George Mason to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes17%Earthquakes7%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What George Mason faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

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 wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 George Mason flood?

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

1paid claims since 2015

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Bill: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. George Mason 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 George Mason

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into George MasonDeclared for Fairfax County only

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

Around George Mason

George Mason and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Braddockmostly inland floodingLow

Kings Park Westmostly inland floodingLow

Fairfaxmostly inland floodingVery low

Fair Oaksmostly inland floodingVery low

Long Branchmostly inland floodingVery low

George Masonmostly 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. George Mason covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to George Mason’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to George Mason. 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 George Mason 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.