Natural hazards · Forestville

Forestville, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forestville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2007. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Forestville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Forestville to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding45%Earthquakes15%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes9%Heat waves9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Forestville faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

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 Forestville flood?

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

6paid claims since 2007

$25Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $721

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Forestville 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 Forestville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ForestvilleDeclared for Prince George's County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

25 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

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

Around Forestville

Forestville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Morningsidemostly inland floodingVery low

District Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Suitlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Westphaliamostly inland floodingVery low

Camp Springsmostly inland floodingVery low

Forestvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Walker Millmostly 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. Forestville covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Forestville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Forestville. 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 Forestville 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.