Natural hazards · Temple Hills

Temple Hills, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Temple Hills comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Temple Hills?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Temple Hills to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Heat waves14%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes8%Hurricanes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Temple Hills faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% 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 Temple Hills flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Temple Hills.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Temple Hills 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

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Temple Hills

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Temple HillsDeclared for Prince George's County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

199 households applied for aid $170K aid approved

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

Around Temple Hills

Temple Hills and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Oxon Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

Temple Hillsmostly inland floodingVery low

Camp Springsmostly inland floodingVery low

Marlow Heightsmostly 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. Temple Hills covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Temple Hills’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Temple Hills. 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 Temple Hills total about $721K 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.