Natural hazards · Kingstowne

Kingstowne, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingstowne comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2021.

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

How exposed is Kingstowne?

4
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingstowne to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Hurricanes10%Heat waves10%Everything else19%
By hazard

What Kingstowne faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Heat waves

10% 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 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 Kingstowne flood?

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

1paid claims since 2021
$7Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20212026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kingstowne 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 Kingstowne

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingstowneDeclared for Fairfax County only
Fairfax County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.
Around Kingstowne

Kingstowne and the towns around it

Rose Hill: Very low, mostly inland floodingFranconia: Very low, mostly inland floodingHayfield: Low, mostly inland floodingFort Belvoir: Very low, mostly inland floodingNewington: Very low, mostly inland floodingHuntington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlexandria: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGroveton: Low, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingLincolnia: Very low, mostly inland floodingMount Vernon: Low, mostly inland floodingWoodlawn: Low, mostly inland floodingLorton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewington Forest: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Springfield: Low, mostly inland floodingKingstowne: Very low, mostly inland flooding KingstowneRose HillFranconiaHayfieldFort BelvoirNewington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hayfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Newingtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Rose Hillmostly inland floodingVery low
Franconiamostly inland floodingVery low
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. Kingstowne covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kingstowne’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kingstowne. 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 Kingstowne 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.

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