Natural hazards · Jessup

Jessup, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jessup comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jessup?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jessup to be higher than in 0% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding36%Heat waves14%Tornadoes13%Hurricanes12%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Jessup faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Jessup flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Jessup isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Anne Arundel County.

Disasters that hit Jessup

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JessupDeclared for Anne Arundel County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

7 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Anne Arundel County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Jessup

Jessup and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Severnmostly inland floodingVery low

Columbiamostly inland floodingVery low

Elkridgemostly inland floodingVery low

Fort Meademostly inland floodingVery low

Maryland Citymostly inland floodingVery low

Savagemostly inland floodingVery low

Jessupmostly 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. Jessup covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jessup’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Jessup. 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 Jessup total about $690K 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.