Natural hazards · Suitland

Suitland, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Suitland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1998. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Suitland?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Suitland to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding46%Heat waves13%Tornadoes11%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Suitland faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% 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 33% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

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 Suitland flood?

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

9paid claims since 1998

$45Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Suitland 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Suitland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

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

2003

Hurricane Isabel

106 households applied for aid $88K aid approved

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

Around Suitland

Suitland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Suitlandmostly inland floodingVery low

Camp Springsmostly inland floodingVery low

Hillcrest Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Forestvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Coral Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Silver Hillmostly 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. Suitland covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Suitland’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Suitland. 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 Suitland total about $2.6M 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.