Natural hazards · Fairwood

Fairwood, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fairwood?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding59%Hurricanes10%Tornadoes8%Heat waves8%Earthquakes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Fairwood faces

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

Inland flooding

59% 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

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fairwood flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Fairwood 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 Fairwood

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into FairwoodDeclared 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 Fairwood

Fairwood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mitchellvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Woodmoremostly inland floodingVery low

Fairwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

Glenn Dalemostly inland floodingVery low

Bowiemostly 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. Fairwood covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fairwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fairwood. 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 Fairwood total about $2.2M 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.