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Natural hazards · Aripeka

Aripeka, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aripeka comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Aripeka?

62
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aripeka to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes43%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes13%Coastal flooding12%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Aripeka faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Coastal flooding

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Ice stormsWinter weatherDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Aripeka flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Aripeka isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pasco County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Aripeka

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AripekaDeclared for Pasco County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

35 households applied for aid $39K aid approved
2024

Hurricane Helene

98 households applied for aid $889K aid approved
2023

Hurricane Idalia

30 households applied for aid $210K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

1 household applied for aid
2017

Hurricane Irma

20 households applied for aid $500 aid approved
2016

Hurricane Hermine

22 households applied for aid $70K aid approved
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

5 households applied for aid $27K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

5 households applied for aid $22K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

9 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved
Pasco County has had 38 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
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. Aripeka 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 Aripeka’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Aripeka. 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.

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