Natural hazards · Woodbridge

Woodbridge, VA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Woodbridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 59 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Woodbridge?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Woodbridge to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Heat waves14%Tornadoes9%Hurricanes7%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Woodbridge faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

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 wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Woodbridge flood?

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

59paid claims since 1978

$2.0Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isabel: 9 claims, $667K
Hurricane Fran: 5 claims, $75K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Woodbridge 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 Woodbridge

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WoodbridgeDeclared for Prince William County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

120 households applied for aid $183K aid approved

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

Around Woodbridge

Woodbridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mason Neckmostly inland floodingLow

Lake Ridgemostly inland floodingLow

Leesylvaniamostly inland floodingLow

Woodbridgemostly 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. Woodbridge covers 10 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Woodbridge’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Woodbridge. 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 Woodbridge total about $4.6M 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.