Natural hazards · Camp Springs

Camp Springs, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Camp Springs comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 2003. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Camp Springs?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Camp Springs to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Earthquakes13%Heat waves10%Tornadoes9%Hurricanes9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Camp Springs faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Camp Springs flood?

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

31paid claims since 2003

$232Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $28K
Hurricane Isaias: 2 claims, $43K
Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $3K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Camp Springs 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 Camp Springs

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Camp SpringsDeclared for Prince George's County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

10 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

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

Around Camp Springs

Camp Springs and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Morningsidemostly inland floodingVery low

Oxon Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Clintonmostly inland floodingVery low

Friendlymostly inland floodingVery low

Temple Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Suitlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Camp Springsmostly inland floodingVery low

Marlow Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Forestvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Silver Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Andrews AFBmostly 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. Camp Springs covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Camp Springs’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Camp Springs. 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 Camp Springs total about $2.8M 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.