Natural hazards · Mitchellville

Mitchellville, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mitchellville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2003. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mitchellville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mitchellville to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes9%Tornadoes7%Heat waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Mitchellville faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

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 Mitchellville flood?

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

5paid claims since 2003

$34Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isabel: 1 claim, $3K
Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $2K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Mitchellville 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 Mitchellville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

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

2003

Hurricane Isabel

14 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

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

Around Mitchellville

Mitchellville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ketteringmostly inland floodingVery low

Mitchellvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Woodmoremostly inland floodingVery low

Springdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Lanhammostly inland floodingVery low

Fairwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

Lake Arbormostly inland floodingVery low

Glenn Dalemostly 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. Mitchellville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mitchellville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Mitchellville. 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 Mitchellville total about $1.7M 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.