Natural hazards · Bryans Road

Bryans Road, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bryans Road comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2013. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bryans Road?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bryans Road to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding43%Hurricanes13%Earthquakes11%Heat waves10%Strong wind9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Bryans Road faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bryans Road flood?

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

1paid claims since 2013

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Charles County.

Disasters that hit Bryans Road

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Bryans RoadDeclared for Charles County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

13 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

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

Around Bryans Road

Bryans Road and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Accokeekmostly inland floodingVery low

Bensvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Potomac Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Bryans Roadmostly 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. Bryans Road covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bryans Road’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bryans Road. 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 Bryans Road total about $320K 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.