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Natural hazards · Bronson

Bronson, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bronson comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bronson?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bronson to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes37%Inland flooding33%Tornadoes10%Cold waves7%Lightning7%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Bronson faces

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

Hurricanes

37% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 54 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bronson flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Bronson

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BronsonDeclared for Levy County only
2024

Hurricane Helene

394 households applied for aid $491K aid approved
2024

Hurricane Debby

230 households applied for aid $91K aid approved
2023

Hurricane Idalia

139 households applied for aid $134K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

550 households applied for aid $198K aid approved
2016

Hurricane Hermine

8 households applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

83 households applied for aid $118K aid approved $6K to the Town of Bronson for repairs
2004

Hurricane Frances

157 households applied for aid $258K aid approved $7K to the Town of Bronson for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

12 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $3K to the Town of Bronson for repairs
Levy 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. Bronson 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 Bronson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bronson. 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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