Natural hazards · Quantico Base

Quantico Base, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quantico Base 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 Quantico Base?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quantico Base to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Heat waves11%Hurricanes10%Tornadoes9%Earthquakes5%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Quantico Base faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% 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

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Quantico Base flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Quantico Base 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 Quantico Base

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Prince William County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Quantico Base itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Quantico BaseDeclared for Prince William County only

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

Around Quantico Base

Quantico Base and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Trianglemostly inland floodingVery low

Cherry Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Quantico Basemostly 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. Quantico Base covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Quantico Base’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Quantico Base. 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 Quantico Base total about $644K 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.