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Vienna, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vienna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 2001. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Vienna?

21
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vienna to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes7%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Vienna faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Vienna flood?

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

14paid claims since 2001
$783Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20012026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $13K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $3K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Vienna is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Fairfax County.
Disasters that hit Vienna

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ViennaDeclared for Fairfax County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$124K to the Town of Vienna for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$94K to the Town of Vienna for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$89K to the Town of Vienna for repairs
2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Vienna for repairs
2003

Hurricane Isabel

30 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $143K to the Town of Vienna for repairs
2003

Severe Winter Storm, Record/Near Record Snowfall, Heavy Rain,floodind, and Mudslide

$35K to the Town of Vienna for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Storms

$17K to the Town of Vienna for repairs
Fairfax County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.
Around Vienna

Vienna and the towns around it

Wolf Trap: Low, mostly inland floodingOakton: Very low, mostly inland floodingDunn Loring: Very low, mostly inland floodingTysons: Very low, mostly inland floodingReston: Very low, mostly inland floodingMcLean: Very low, mostly inland floodingDifficult Run: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreat Falls: Low, mostly inland floodingGreat Falls Crossing: Very low, mostly inland floodingFair Oaks: Very low, mostly inland floodingFairfax: Very low, mostly inland floodingMerrifield: Very low, mostly inland floodingIdylwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingPimmit Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingVienna: Low, mostly inland flooding ViennaWolf TrapOaktonDunn LoringTysons
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wolf Trapmostly inland floodingLow
Viennamostly inland floodingLow
Dunn Loringmostly inland floodingVery low
Oaktonmostly inland floodingVery low
Tysonsmostly 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. Vienna covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vienna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vienna. 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 Vienna total about $3.8M 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.

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