Natural hazards · Chillum

Chillum, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chillum comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 114 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chillum?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chillum to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Heat waves10%Tornadoes9%Hurricanes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Chillum 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

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% 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

5% 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 wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Chillum flood?

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

114paid claims since 1978

$1.1Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 24 claims, $280K
Hurricane Isaias: 2 claims, $3K
Hurricane Eta: 1 claim, $1K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Chillum 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 Chillum

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Prince George's County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Chillum itself in FEMA’s records.

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

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

Around Chillum

Chillum and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mount Rainiermostly inland floodingVery high

Chillummostly inland floodingLow

Hyattsvillemostly inland floodingLow

Langley Parkmostly inland floodingLow

Takoma Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Adelphimostly 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. Chillum covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Chillum’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Chillum. 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 Chillum total about $4.1M 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.