Natural hazards · Hyattsville

Hyattsville, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hyattsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 2018. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hyattsville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hyattsville to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Heat waves9%Tornadoes8%Hurricanes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Hyattsville faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

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

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

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 Hyattsville flood?

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

15paid claims since 2018

$296Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Hyattsville 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Hyattsville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

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

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$82K to the City of Hyattsville for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$53K to the City of Hyattsville for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

213 households applied for aid $137K aid approved $57K to the City of Hyattsville for repairs

2003

Snow

$10K to the City of Hyattsville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the City of Hyattsville for repairs

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

Around Hyattsville

Hyattsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brentwoodmostly inland floodingVery high

North Brentwoodmostly inland floodingVery high

Mount Rainiermostly inland floodingVery high

Riverdale Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Chillummostly inland floodingLow

Edmonstonmostly inland floodingLow

Hyattsvillemostly inland floodingLow

Cottage Citymostly inland floodingLow

University Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Adelphimostly 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. Hyattsville covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hyattsville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hyattsville. 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 Hyattsville total about $3.2M 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.