Natural hazards · Tyaskin

Tyaskin, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tyaskin comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Tyaskin?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tyaskin to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding22%Coastal flooding11%Wildfire6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Tyaskin faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Tyaskin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wicomico County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Tyaskin

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TyaskinDeclared for Wicomico County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

7 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

Wicomico County has had 10 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. Tyaskin 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 Tyaskin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Tyaskin. 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.