Natural hazards · Accokeek

Accokeek, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Accokeek comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Accokeek?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding59%Hurricanes9%Heat waves8%Tornadoes7%Earthquakes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Accokeek faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Accokeek flood?

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

10paid claims since 1979

$60Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $6K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Accokeek 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 George's County.

Disasters that hit Accokeek

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AccokeekDeclared for Prince George's County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

22 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

Prince George's County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Accokeek

Accokeek and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fort Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Clintonmostly inland floodingVery low

Accokeekmostly inland floodingVery low

Bensvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Waldorfmostly inland floodingVery low

Brandywinemostly inland floodingVery low

Bryans Roadmostly 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. Accokeek covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Accokeek’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Accokeek. 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 Accokeek total about $1.6M 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.