Natural hazards · McNair

McNair, VA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McNair?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McNair to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes11%Heat waves10%Earthquakes6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What McNair 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 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 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

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

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 McNair flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. McNair 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 McNair

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into McNairDeclared for Fairfax County only

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

Around McNair

McNair and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Florismostly inland floodingVery low

Restonmostly inland floodingVery low

Herndonmostly inland floodingVery low

McNairmostly inland floodingVery low

Hutchisonmostly 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. McNair covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to McNair’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to McNair. 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 McNair total about $2.3M 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.