Natural hazards · Newington

Newington, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 2011. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newington to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Hurricanes8%Heat waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Newington faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% 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

Heat waves

5% 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 windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newington flood?

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

13paid claims since 2011

$167Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Bill: 2 claims, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Newington 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 Newington

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewingtonDeclared for Fairfax County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Newington

Newington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lortonmostly inland floodingModerate

West Springfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Newington Forestmostly inland floodingLow

Newingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Franconiamostly inland floodingVery low

Springfieldmostly 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. Newington covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newington’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Newington. 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 Newington total about $4.1M 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.