Natural hazards · Lake Arbor

Lake Arbor, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lake Arbor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2018.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lake Arbor?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lake Arbor to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Hurricanes14%Earthquakes10%Tornadoes8%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lake Arbor faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Lake Arbor flood?

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

2paid claims since 2018

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lake Arbor 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 Lake Arbor

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lake ArborDeclared 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 Lake Arbor

Lake Arbor and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ketteringmostly inland floodingVery low

Mitchellvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Springdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Largomostly inland floodingVery low

Lake Arbormostly inland floodingVery low

Glenardenmostly inland floodingVery low

Summerfieldmostly 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. Lake Arbor covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lake Arbor’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lake Arbor. 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 Lake Arbor total about $4.4M 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.