Natural hazards · Croom

Croom, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Croom comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2011.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Croom?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Croom to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes10%Tornadoes8%Heat waves8%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Croom faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% 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 33% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Croom flood?

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

4paid claims since 2011

$45Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $1K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Croom 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 Croom

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CroomDeclared 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 Croom

Croom and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marltonmostly inland floodingVery low

Dunkirkmostly inland floodingVery low

Croommostly inland floodingVery low

Badenmostly inland floodingVery low

Brandywinemostly inland floodingVery low

Queenslandmostly inland floodingVery low

Marlboro Meadowsmostly inland floodingVery low

Cedarvillemostly 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. Croom covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Croom’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Croom. 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 Croom total about $796K 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.