Natural hazards · Rose Hill

Rose Hill, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rose Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rose Hill?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rose Hill to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Hurricanes9%Heat waves7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Rose Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Rose Hill flood?

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

17paid claims since 1978

$218Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Fran: 1 claim, $88K
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $675

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Rose HillDeclared for Fairfax County only

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

Around Rose Hill

Rose Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Huntingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Alexandriamostly inland floodingModerate

Grovetonmostly inland floodingLow

Rose Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Franconiamostly inland floodingVery low

Kingstownemostly 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. Rose Hill covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rose Hill’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rose Hill. 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 Rose Hill total about $3.4M 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.