Natural hazards · Warrenton

Warrenton, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warrenton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Warrenton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warrenton to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Earthquakes8%Strong wind7%Hurricanes6%Lightning6%Heat waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Warrenton faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesDrought

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 Warrenton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Warrenton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Fauquier County.

Disasters that hit Warrenton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WarrentonDeclared for Fauquier County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$58K to the Town of Warrenton for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$19K to the Town of Warrenton for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$20K to the Town of Warrenton for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$52K to the Town of Warrenton for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

14 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $6K to the Town of Warrenton for repairs

2003

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

$16K to the Town of Warrenton for repairs

Fauquier County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

About these numbers

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

Warrenton, VA natural hazards

How exposed is Warrenton?

What Warrenton faces

Inland flooding

Earthquakes

Strong wind

Hurricanes

Lightning

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Warrenton flood?

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Hurricane Sandy

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

Hurricane Isabel

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

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