Natural hazards · Springdale

Springdale, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2008. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springdale?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding50%Heat waves12%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes7%Hurricanes7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Springdale faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Springdale flood?

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

2paid claims since 2008

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $8K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Springdale 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 Springdale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringdaleDeclared for Prince George's County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

25 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

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

Around Springdale

Springdale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mitchellvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Springdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Lanhammostly inland floodingVery low

Lake Arbormostly inland floodingVery low

Glenardenmostly 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. Springdale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springdale’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Springdale. 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 Springdale total about $369K 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.