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Chevy Chase View, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chevy Chase View comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Chevy Chase View?

8
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding62%Hurricanes9%Heat waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Chevy Chase View faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Chevy Chase View flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Chevy Chase View.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Chevy Chase View isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Montgomery County.
Disasters that hit Chevy Chase View

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Chevy Chase ViewDeclared for Montgomery County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of Chevy Chase View for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$28K to the Town of Chevy Chase View for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$9K to the Town of Chevy Chase View for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Town of Chevy Chase View for repairs
2003

Hurricane Isabel

$13K to the Town of Chevy Chase View for repairs
2003

Snow

$2K to the Town of Chevy Chase View for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the Town of Chevy Chase View for repairs
Montgomery County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Chevy Chase View

Chevy Chase View and the towns around it

South Kensington: Very low, mostly inland floodingKensington: Very low, mostly inland floodingBethesda: Very low, mostly inland floodingChevy Chase: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Bethesda: Very low, mostly inland floodingForest Glen: Very low, mostly inland floodingSilver Spring: Very low, mostly inland floodingGarrett Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingWheaton: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Kensington: Very low, mostly inland floodingChevy Chase View: Very low, mostly inland flooding Chevy Chase ViewSouth KensingtonKensington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
South Kensingtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Chevy Chase Viewmostly inland floodingVery low
Kensingtonmostly 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. Chevy Chase View 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 Chevy Chase View’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Chevy Chase View. 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.

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