Natural hazards · Bladensburg

Bladensburg, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bladensburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2006. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bladensburg?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bladensburg to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding48%Heat waves12%Tornadoes10%Earthquakes10%Hurricanes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bladensburg faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

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 Bladensburg flood?

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

4paid claims since 2006

$286Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bladensburg 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 Bladensburg

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

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

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of Bladensburg for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$22K to the Town of Bladensburg for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

20 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $18K to the Town of Bladensburg for repairs

2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Bladensburg for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Town of Bladensburg for repairs

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

Around Bladensburg

Bladensburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Edmonstonmostly inland floodingLow

Cottage Citymostly inland floodingLow

East Riverdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Cheverlymostly inland floodingVery low

Bladensburgmostly 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. Bladensburg covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bladensburg’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bladensburg. 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 Bladensburg total about $1.0M 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.