Natural hazards · District Heights

District Heights, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in District Heights comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2013. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is District Heights?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in District Heights to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding42%Heat waves13%Earthquakes12%Tornadoes11%Hurricanes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What District Heights faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

8% 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 wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 District Heights flood?

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

4paid claims since 2013

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. District Heights 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 District Heights

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in District Heights itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of District Heights.

Brought FEMA money into District HeightsDeclared for Prince George's County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

108 households applied for aid $112K aid approved

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

Around District Heights

District Heights and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

District Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Walker Millmostly inland floodingVery low

Forestvillemostly 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. District Heights covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to District Heights’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of District Heights. 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 District Heights total about $343K 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.