Natural hazards · New Carrollton

New Carrollton, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Carrollton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2016. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Carrollton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Carrollton to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Earthquakes12%Heat waves11%Tornadoes10%Hurricanes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What New Carrollton faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

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

Hurricanes

6% 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 New Carrollton flood?

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

2paid claims since 2016

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. New Carrollton 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 New Carrollton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in New Carrollton itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of New Carrollton.

Brought FEMA money into New CarrolltonDeclared for Prince George's County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$34K to the City of New Carrollton for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$5K to the City of New Carrollton for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$14K to the City of New Carrollton for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

11 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $27K to the City of New Carrollton for repairs

2003

Snow

$16K to the City of New Carrollton for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$10K to the City of New Carrollton for repairs

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

Around New Carrollton

New Carrollton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Carrolltonmostly inland floodingVery low

Seabrookmostly inland floodingVery low

East Riverdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Woodlawnmostly inland floodingVery low

Greenbeltmostly inland floodingVery low

Landover Hillsmostly 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. New Carrollton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Carrollton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of New Carrollton. 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 New Carrollton total about $1.2M 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.