Natural hazards · Konterra

Konterra, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Konterra comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Konterra?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Konterra to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes12%Tornadoes8%Heat waves8%Earthquakes7%Drought7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Konterra faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Konterra flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Konterra 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 Konterra

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Prince George's County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Konterra itself in FEMA’s records.

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

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

Around Konterra

Konterra and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Calvertonmostly inland floodingVery low

Fairlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Beltsvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Burtonsvillemostly inland floodingVery low

South Laurelmostly inland floodingVery low

Konterramostly inland floodingVery low

Laurelmostly inland floodingVery low

West Laurelmostly 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. Konterra 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 Konterra’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Konterra. 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.