Natural hazards · Quantico

Quantico, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quantico comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quantico?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding45%Heat waves13%Tornadoes10%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes7%Strong wind5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Quantico faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% 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 wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Quantico 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

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuanticoDeclared for Prince William County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

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. Quantico 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 Quantico’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Quantico. 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.