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Queensland, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Queensland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2012.

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

How exposed is Queensland?

4
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Queensland to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes10%Tornadoes8%Heat waves8%Earthquakes6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Queensland faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% 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 50% 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 Queensland flood?

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

2paid claims since 2012
$3Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20122026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $1K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Queensland 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 Queensland

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into QueenslandDeclared 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 Queensland

Queensland and the towns around it

Upper Marlboro: Very low, mostly inland floodingRosaryville: Very low, mostly inland floodingCroom: Very low, mostly inland floodingWestphalia: Very low, mostly inland floodingMelwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrock Hall: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarlboro Meadows: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarlboro Village: Very low, mostly inland floodingClinton: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrandywine: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarlton: Very low, mostly inland floodingBaden: Very low, mostly inland floodingDunkirk: Very low, mostly inland floodingCedarville: Very low, mostly inland floodingMorningside: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrown Station: Very low, mostly inland floodingLargo: Very low, mostly inland floodingForestville: Very low, mostly inland floodingAndrews AFB: Very low, mostly inland floodingBowie: Very low, mostly inland floodingKettering: Very low, mostly inland floodingQueen Anne: Very low, mostly inland floodingQueensland: Very low, mostly inland flooding QueenslandUpper MarlboroRosaryvilleCroomWestphaliaMelwoodBrock HallMarlboro Meadows
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rosaryvillemostly inland floodingVery low
Brock Hallmostly inland floodingVery low
Upper Marlboromostly inland floodingVery low
Croommostly inland floodingVery low
Queenslandmostly inland floodingVery low
Westphaliamostly inland floodingVery low
Marlboro Meadowsmostly inland floodingVery low
Melwoodmostly 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. Queensland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Queensland’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Queensland. 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 Queensland total about $567K 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.

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