Natural hazards · Rising Sun

Rising Sun, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rising Sun comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1999. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rising Sun?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rising Sun to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Drought9%Strong wind8%Heat waves7%Hurricanes7%Tornadoes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Rising Sun faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 88 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Rising Sun flood?

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

2paid claims since 1999

$28Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Floyd: 2 claims, $28K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cecil County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Rising Sun

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Rising Sun itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Rising Sun.

Brought FEMA money into Rising SunDeclared for Cecil County only

2016

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the Town of Rising Sun for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$5K to the Town of Rising Sun for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$9K to the Town of Rising Sun for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Town of Rising Sun for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

11 households applied for aid $575 aid approved

2003

Snow

$3K to the Town of Rising Sun for repairs

Cecil County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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. Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rising Sun. 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.

Rising Sun, MD natural hazards

How exposed is Rising Sun?

What Rising Sun faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Strong wind

Heat waves

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Rising Sun flood?

Biggest named events

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Hurricane Sandy

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Hurricane Isabel

Snow

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