Natural hazards · Baldwin

Baldwin, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Baldwin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Baldwin?

43
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Baldwin to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes26%Cold waves8%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Baldwin faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Baldwin flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Baldwin, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2017
$59Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20172026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irma: 1 claim, $59K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Baldwin isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Duval County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Baldwin

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BaldwinDeclared for Duval County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

7 households applied for aid
2024

Hurricane Helene

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

1 household applied for aid $700 aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

176 households applied for aid $136K aid approved $9K to the Town of Baldwin for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $2K to the Town of Baldwin for repairs
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

7 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $3K to the Town of Baldwin for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

19 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $2K to the Town of Baldwin for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

2 households applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Frances

15 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $3K to the Town of Baldwin for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

2 households applied for aid $927 aid approved $2K to the Town of Baldwin for repairs
Duval County has had 32 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. Baldwin 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 Baldwin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Baldwin. 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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