Natural hazards · Jesterville

Jesterville, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jesterville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jesterville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jesterville to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding22%Coastal flooding11%Wildfire6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Jesterville faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Jesterville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wicomico County.

Disasters that hit Jesterville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Wicomico County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Jesterville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into JestervilleDeclared for Wicomico County only

Wicomico County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Jesterville

Jesterville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jestervillemostly hurricanesModerate

Bivalvemostly hurricanesModerate

Nanticokemostly hurricanesModerate

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. Jesterville is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jesterville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Jesterville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.