Natural hazards · Brooklyn Park

Brooklyn Park, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brooklyn Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 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 Brooklyn Park?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding45%Heat waves13%Tornadoes9%Hurricanes8%Earthquakes6%Cold waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Brooklyn Park faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Brooklyn Park flood?

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

12paid claims since 1978

$234Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $10K
Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $852
Hurricane Isabel: 1 claim, $8K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anne Arundel County.

Disasters that hit Brooklyn Park

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Brooklyn ParkDeclared for Anne Arundel County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Anne Arundel County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Brooklyn Park

Brooklyn Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brooklyn Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Baltimoremostly inland floodingVery low

Baltimore Highlandsmostly heat wavesVery low

Linthicummostly inland floodingVery low

Glen Burniemostly inland floodingVery low

Ferndalemostly 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. Brooklyn Park covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brooklyn Park’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Brooklyn Park. 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 Brooklyn Park total about $1.9M 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.