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Natural hazards · Edmonston

Edmonston, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edmonston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Edmonston?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edmonston to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Heat waves6%Hurricanes6%Tornadoes6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Edmonston faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

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

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

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 Edmonston flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Edmonston 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 Edmonston

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdmonstonDeclared for Prince George's County only
2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Town of Edmonston for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$8K to the Town of Edmonston for repairs
Prince George's County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.
Around Edmonston

Edmonston and the towns around it

Riverdale Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Riverdale: Very low, mostly inland floodingHyattsville: Low, mostly inland floodingBladensburg: Very low, mostly inland floodingCollege Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreenbelt: Very low, mostly inland floodingUniversity Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingWoodlawn: Very low, mostly inland floodingNew Carrollton: Very low, mostly inland floodingChillum: Low, mostly inland floodingAdelphi: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrentwood: Very high, mostly inland floodingMount Rainier: Very high, mostly inland floodingCottage City: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Brentwood: Very high, mostly inland floodingCheverly: Very low, mostly inland floodingEdmonston: Low, mostly inland flooding EdmonstonRiverdale ParkEast RiverdaleHyattsvilleBladensburg
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Riverdale Parkmostly inland floodingModerate
Edmonstonmostly inland floodingLow
Hyattsvillemostly inland floodingLow
East Riverdalemostly inland floodingVery low
Bladensburgmostly 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. Edmonston is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edmonston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Edmonston. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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