Natural hazards · Haymarket

Haymarket, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Haymarket comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Haymarket?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Haymarket to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Heat waves8%Hurricanes8%Tornadoes7%Earthquakes7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Haymarket faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Haymarket flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Prince William County.

Disasters that hit Haymarket

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Haymarket itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Haymarket.

Brought FEMA money into HaymarketDeclared for Prince William County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$16K to the Town of Haymarket for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$2K to the Town of Haymarket for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Town of Haymarket for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid

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

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. Haymarket is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Haymarket’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Haymarket. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.