Natural hazards · Oxon Hill

Oxon Hill, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oxon Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1993. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Oxon Hill?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oxon Hill to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Heat waves11%Tornadoes9%Hurricanes8%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Oxon Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% 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

9% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% 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 Oxon Hill flood?

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

6paid claims since 1993

$32Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Oxon Hill 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 Oxon Hill

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Oxon HillDeclared for Prince George's County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

134 households applied for aid $126K aid approved

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

Around Oxon Hill

Oxon Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fort Washingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Oxon Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Forest Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Friendlymostly inland floodingVery low

Temple Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

National Harbormostly inland floodingVery low

Camp Springsmostly inland floodingVery low

Glassmanormostly inland floodingVery low

Marlow Heightsmostly 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. Oxon Hill covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Oxon Hill’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Oxon Hill. 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 Oxon Hill total about $1.8M 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.