Natural hazards · Glenarden

Glenarden, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glenarden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glenarden?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glenarden to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding43%Heat waves14%Tornadoes12%Hurricanes8%Earthquakes7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Glenarden faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% 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

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

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 Glenarden flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Glenarden 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 Glenarden

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

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

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$16K to the City of Glenarden for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$28K to the City of Glenarden for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

3 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $2K to the City of Glenarden for repairs

2003

Snow

$13K to the City of Glenarden for repairs

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

Around Glenarden

Glenarden and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Springdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Landovermostly inland floodingVery low

Lake Arbormostly inland floodingVery low

Glenardenmostly inland floodingVery low

Summerfieldmostly 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. Glenarden covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Glenarden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Glenarden. 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 Glenarden 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.