Natural hazards · Cheverly

Cheverly, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cheverly comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2003. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cheverly?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cheverly to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding48%Earthquakes13%Heat waves10%Tornadoes9%Hurricanes9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Cheverly faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% 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 32% 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 Cheverly flood?

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

4paid claims since 2003

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Cheverly 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 Cheverly

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CheverlyDeclared for Prince George's County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$45K to the Town of Cheverly for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$46K to the Town of Cheverly for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid $216 aid approved $16K to the Town of Cheverly for repairs

2003

Snow

$17K to the Town of Cheverly for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the Town of Cheverly for repairs

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

Around Cheverly

Cheverly and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cheverlymostly inland floodingVery low

Bladensburgmostly inland floodingVery low

Landovermostly 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. Cheverly covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cheverly’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cheverly. 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 Cheverly total about $762K 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.