Natural hazards · Brown Station

Brown Station, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brown Station 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 Brown Station?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brown Station to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes9%Heat waves9%Tornadoes8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Brown Station faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% 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

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Brown Station flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Brown Station 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 Brown Station

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Prince George's County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Brown Station itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Brown StationDeclared for Prince George's County only

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

Around Brown Station

Brown Station and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marlboro Villagemostly inland floodingVery low

Brown Stationmostly inland floodingVery low

Largomostly inland floodingVery low

Brock Hallmostly inland floodingVery low

Westphaliamostly 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. Brown Station 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 Brown Station’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Brown Station. 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.