Natural hazards · Pomfret

Pomfret, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pomfret comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pomfret?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pomfret to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes12%Earthquakes8%Heat waves8%Strong wind8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Pomfret faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Pomfret flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Pomfret isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Charles County.

Disasters that hit Pomfret

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PomfretDeclared for Charles County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

2 households applied for aid

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

Around Pomfret

Pomfret and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bensvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Pomfretmostly 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. Pomfret is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pomfret’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pomfret. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.

Pomfret, MD natural hazards

How exposed is Pomfret?

What Pomfret faces

Inland flooding

Hurricanes

Earthquakes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Pomfret flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Isabel

Pomfret and the towns around it

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