Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Funkstown
Funkstown isn’t graded for hazard risk: FEMA’s tract figures aren’t matched to Funkstown yet. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1984.
What Funkstown faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hurricanes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Funkstown flood? Rarely: 5 flood claims since 1984
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Funkstown, from FEMA’s records.
Funkstown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Funkstown
Disasters that paid out in Funkstown itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Funkstown), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2016Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm$3K to the Town of Funkstown for repairs
- 2010Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms$2K to the Town of Funkstown for repairs
- 2003Snow$2K to the Town of Funkstown for repairs
Washington County has had 13 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often winter storms, then hurricanes and tropical storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagerstown | Aless damage than 95% | river and rain flooding | 19 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Funkstown faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Funkstown
Does Funkstown flood?
Flood insurance has paid 5 claims in Funkstown since 1984, $15K in all. 1 properties have flooded more than once.
Is Funkstown in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Washington County, 44% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Funkstown?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Funkstown’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Funkstown?
By FEMA money that reached Funkstown, Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm (2016): $3K to the Town of Funkstown for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Funkstown.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Funkstown’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.