Natural hazards · Boonsboro

Boonsboro, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boonsboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boonsboro?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding54%Hurricanes16%Tornadoes7%Drought5%Heat waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Boonsboro faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 90 years in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Boonsboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Boonsboro

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoonsboroDeclared for Washington County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$16K to the Town of Boonsboro for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$6K to the Town of Boonsboro for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

3 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2003

Snow

$11K to the Town of Boonsboro for repairs

Washington County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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. Boonsboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Boonsboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Boonsboro. 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 Boonsboro total about $1.1M 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.