Natural hazards · Denton

Denton, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Denton comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Denton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Denton to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes41%Inland flooding22%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Everything else23%

By hazard

What Denton faces

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

Hurricanes

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Denton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Denton.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Denton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Caroline County.

Disasters that hit Denton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DentonDeclared for Caroline County only

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$12K to the Town of Denton for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Town of Denton for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

10 households applied for aid $32K aid approved $9K to the Town of Denton for repairs

2003

Snow

$14K to the Town of Denton for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Town of Denton for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$82K to the Town of Denton for repairs

Caroline County has had 17 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. Denton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Denton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Denton. 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 Denton total about $983K 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.