Natural hazards · Brookmont

Brookmont, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookmont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brookmont?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookmont to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes8%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Brookmont faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Brookmont flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Brookmont

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Montgomery County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Brookmont itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BrookmontDeclared for Montgomery County only

Montgomery County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Brookmont

Brookmont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

McLeanmostly inland floodingVery low

Brookmontmostly inland floodingVery low

Glen Echomostly inland floodingVery low

Cabin Johnmostly inland floodingVery low

Bethesdamostly inland floodingVery low

Washingtonmostly 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. Brookmont is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brookmont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Brookmont. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.