Photo: The original uploader was Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia. · CC BY 3.0On FEMA’s figures, Fort Hunt faces about as much hazard damage per building as the typical U.S. town, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Fort Hunt gets a C+ for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 55% of U.S. towns, #227 of 253 in Virginia. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (88%). Flood insurance has paid 36 claims here since 1978.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Fort Hunt faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hurricanes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Fort Hunt’s grade
River and rain flooding is 88% of the building damage FEMA expects in Fort Hunt, and Fort Hunt’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 74% of U.S. census tracts. Coastal flooding adds 1%, at a rate in the top 6% of U.S. census tracts.
C+ #227 of 253 in Virginia; higher expected damage per building than 55% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Fort Hunt’s residents live in 5 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Virginia town has lower expected damage than 81% of U.S. towns; within the state, Fort Hunt has more expected damage per building than 90% of Virginia towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $5.4M a year in losses across Fort Hunt: $4.9M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Fort Hunt flood? Sometimes: 36 flood claims since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Fort Hunt, from FEMA’s records: 5.9 per 1,000 homes, more than 64% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
- Tropical Storm Bill4 claims · $16K
- The Heavy rains2 claims · $14K
- Hurricane Gloria1 claim · $8K
Fort Hunt 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.The storms Fort Hunt remembers
None of the 16 disasters declared for Fairfax County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fort Hunt itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 20147 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 20154 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 20194 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
Fairfax County has had 16 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often winter storms, then hurricanes and tropical storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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Fort Hunt is 5th of the 5 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | B+less damage than 69% | river and rain flooding | 26 |
| Groveton | B+less damage than 68% | river and rain flooding | 13 |
| Belle Haven | B−more damage than 51% | river and rain flooding | 108 |
| Hybla Valley | B−more damage than 55% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
| Fort Hunt | C+more damage than 55% | river and rain flooding | 36 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Fort Hunt faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Fort Hunt
Is Fort Hunt at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Fort Hunt has higher expected damage per building than 55% of U.S. towns: C+ for hazard risk, #227 of 253 in Virginia. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (88%) and hurricanes (6%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Fort Hunt flood?
Flood insurance has paid 36 claims in Fort Hunt since 1978, $214K in all, or 5.9 per 1,000 homes, more than 64% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record. The most claims came from Tropical Storm Bill (4).
Is Fort Hunt in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Fairfax County, 22% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.1% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Fort Hunt?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Fort Hunt’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Fort Hunt?
By flood claims, Tropical Storm Bill: 4 paid, $16K.
Is Fort Hunt at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (88%), and Fort Hunt’s rate for it is higher than 74% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Fort Hunt.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Fort Hunt’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.