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Floods in Maryland

Property owners in Maryland have filed 20,800 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $340 million paid.

  • 20,800flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $340Mpaid on those claims
  • 2003most claims in one year, 6,578
  • 21stamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Maryland per year 1978: 221 1979: 1,027 1980: 66 1981: 142 1982: 60 1983: 122 1984: 400 1985: 854 1986: 29 1987: 27 1988: 30 1989: 149 1990: 24 1991: 71 1992: 455 1993: 113 1994: 85 1995: 44 1996: 1,356 1997: 31 1998: 581 1999: 472 2000: 60 2001: 36 2002: 32 2003: 6,578 6,578 2004: 237 2005: 86 2006: 483 2007: 28 2008: 188 2009: 180 2010: 280 2011: 792 2012: 1,735 2013: 139 2014: 450 2015: 141 2016: 276 2017: 110 2018: 606 2019: 196 2020: 401 2021: 587 2022: 128 2023: 114 2024: 414 2025: 135 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Jun 24, 2006Flash FloodAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert5$5.5 million
Nov 19, 2003Flash FloodBaltimore city4—

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Maryland
Baltimore County3,366
Anne Arundel County2,825
Worcester County2,519
Somerset County1,260
Prince George's County1,158
Dorchester County1,142
Queen Anne's County1,073
Baltimore city1,065
Montgomery County776
Cecil County703
Talbot County677
St. Mary's County613
Calvert County559
Howard County422
Allegany County377
Washington County370
Charles County361
Harford County353
Kent County341
Frederick County271
Wicomico County244
Carroll County138
Garrett County110
Caroline County77

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).