Natural hazards · Deale

Deale, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 209 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Deale?

14
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Deale to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding39%Coastal flooding24%Heat waves7%Hurricanes7%Tornadoes7%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Deale faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

24% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Deale flood?

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

209paid claims since 1978
$4.6Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Isabel: 168 claims, $4.2M
  • Hurricane Fran: 8 claims, $37K
  • Hurricane Debby: 1 claim, $11K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Deale isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Anne Arundel County.
Disasters that hit Deale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DealeDeclared for Anne Arundel County only
2003

Hurricane Isabel

81 households applied for aid $209K aid approved
Anne Arundel County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.
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. Deale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Deale’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Deale. 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 Deale total about $790K 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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