Natural hazards · Bellview

Bellview, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bellview comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 235 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bellview?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bellview to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes62%Inland flooding25%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bellview faces

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

Hurricanes

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bellview flood?

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

235paid claims since 1978

$14.6Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ivan: 68 claims, $5.1M
Hurricane Sally: 61 claims, $5.5M
Mid-spring storms: 32 claims, $2.6M

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bellview isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Escambia County.

Disasters that hit Bellview

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BellviewDeclared for Escambia County only

2020

Hurricane Sally

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Dennis

1 household applied for aid $836 aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

8 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Escambia County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Bellview

Bellview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellviewmostly hurricanesVery high

Myrtle Grovemostly hurricanesVery high

West Pensacolamostly hurricanesVery high

Brentmostly hurricanesVery high

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. Bellview covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bellview’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bellview. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Bellview total about $9.6M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.