Natural hazards · Kingsville

Kingsville, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingsville 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 Kingsville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingsville to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding48%Heat waves22%Hurricanes10%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Kingsville faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Kingsville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Baltimore County.

Disasters that hit Kingsville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingsvilleDeclared for Baltimore County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Baltimore County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Kingsville

Kingsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pleasant Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Kingsvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Honeygomostly 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. Kingsville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kingsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kingsville. 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 Kingsville total about $462K 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.