Natural hazards · Robinwood

Robinwood, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Robinwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Robinwood?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Robinwood to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes13%Tornadoes8%Heat waves7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Robinwood 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 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Robinwood flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Robinwood

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Washington County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Robinwood itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into RobinwoodDeclared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Robinwood

Robinwood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chewsvillemostly inland floodingLow

Robinwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

Hagerstownmostly 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. Robinwood covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Robinwood’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Robinwood. 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 Robinwood total about $735K 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.