Natural hazards · Linthicum

Linthicum, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Linthicum comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Linthicum?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Linthicum to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes12%Heat waves10%Tornadoes10%Earthquakes7%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Linthicum faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Linthicum flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$86Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $63K
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $5K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Linthicum 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 Linthicum

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LinthicumDeclared for Anne Arundel County only

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

Around Linthicum

Linthicum and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brooklyn Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Baltimore Highlandsmostly heat wavesVery low

Lansdownemostly heat wavesVery low

Linthicummostly inland floodingVery low

Ferndalemostly 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. Linthicum covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Linthicum’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Linthicum. 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 Linthicum total about $851K 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.