Natural hazards · Hayfield

Hayfield, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hayfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hayfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hayfield to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Hurricanes6%Heat waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hayfield faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 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 wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hayfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Hayfield 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 Hayfield

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into HayfieldDeclared for Fairfax County only

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

Around Hayfield

Hayfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grovetonmostly inland floodingLow

Hayfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Kingstownemostly inland floodingVery low

Fort Belvoirmostly 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. Hayfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hayfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hayfield. 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 Hayfield total about $374K 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.