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Natural hazards · Clinton

Clinton, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 45 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Clinton?

9
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinton to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Heat waves9%Hurricanes9%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes7%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Clinton faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Clinton flood?

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

45paid claims since 1979
$527Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $6K
  • Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $46K
  • December Nor'easter: 1 claim, $4K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Clinton 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 Clinton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonDeclared for Prince George's County only
2003

Hurricane Isabel

131 households applied for aid $167K aid approved
Prince George's County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.
Around Clinton

Clinton and the towns around it

Friendly: Very low, mostly inland floodingRosaryville: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrandywine: Very low, mostly inland floodingAccokeek: Very low, mostly inland floodingCamp Springs: Very low, mostly inland floodingFort Washington: Very low, mostly inland floodingAndrews AFB: Very low, mostly inland floodingMelwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingOxon Hill: Very low, mostly inland floodingQueensland: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarlton: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaldorf: Very low, mostly inland floodingCedarville: Very low, mostly inland floodingCroom: Very low, mostly inland floodingBensville: Very low, mostly inland floodingBryans Road: Very low, mostly inland floodingMorningside: Very low, mostly inland floodingSilver Hill: Very low, mostly inland floodingTemple Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarlow Heights: Very low, mostly inland floodingSuitland: Very low, mostly inland floodingForestville: Very low, mostly inland floodingNational Harbor: Very low, mostly inland floodingWestphalia: Very low, mostly inland floodingClinton: Very low, mostly inland flooding ClintonFriendlyRosaryvilleBrandywineAccokeekCamp SpringsFort WashingtonAndrews AFBMelwood
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fort Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Clintonmostly inland floodingVery low
Friendlymostly inland floodingVery low
Rosaryvillemostly inland floodingVery low
Accokeekmostly inland floodingVery low
Brandywinemostly inland floodingVery low
Camp Springsmostly inland floodingVery low
Melwoodmostly 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. Clinton covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clinton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Clinton. 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 Clinton total about $5.7M 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.

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