Natural hazards · Centreville

Centreville, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centreville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1985. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Centreville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Centreville to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding31%Drought31%Hurricanes18%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Centreville faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

31% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Centreville flood?

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

4paid claims since 1985

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isabel: 1 claim, $10K
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $7K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Queen Anne's County.

Disasters that hit Centreville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Centreville itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Centreville.

Brought FEMA money into CentrevilleDeclared for Queen Anne's County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$46K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$16K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$45K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$38K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$34K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

19 households applied for aid $54K aid approved $8K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2003

Snow

$18K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$9K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

Queen Anne's County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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. Centreville 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 Centreville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Centreville. 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.

Centreville, MD natural hazards

How exposed is Centreville?

What Centreville faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Hurricanes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Centreville flood?

Biggest named events

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Irene

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Hurricane Isabel

Snow

Severe Winter Storm

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

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