Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Calvert
Calvert isn’t graded for hazard risk: Calvert has 760 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007.
What Calvert 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
Tornadoes
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 Calvert flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 2007
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Calvert, from FEMA’s records.
Calvert isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Robertson County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Calvert
Disasters that paid out in Calvert itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Calvert), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2024Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding$23K to the City of Calvert for repairs
- 2023Severe Winter Storm$41K to the City of Calvert for repairs
- 2021Severe Winter Storms15 households applied for aid$4K aid approved
- 2015Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds and Flooding$12K to the City of Calvert for repairs
Robertson County has had 13 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe 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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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.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Calvert
Does Calvert flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Calvert since 2007, $4K in all.
Is Calvert 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 Robertson County, 21% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.8% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Calvert?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Calvert’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 Calvert?
By FEMA money that reached Calvert, Severe Winter Storm (2023): $41K to the City of Calvert for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Calvert.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Calvert’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.