Natural hazards · Morningside

Morningside, MD natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morningside to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Heat waves11%Tornadoes10%Earthquakes7%Hurricanes7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Morningside faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Morningside flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Morningside 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 Morningside

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorningsideDeclared 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 Morningside

Morningside and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Morningsidemostly inland floodingVery low

Camp Springsmostly inland floodingVery low

Westphaliamostly inland floodingVery low

Forestvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Andrews AFBmostly 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. Morningside covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Morningside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Morningside. 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 Morningside total about $255K 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.