Natural hazards · Buckhead Ridge

Buckhead Ridge, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckhead Ridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckhead Ridge?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckhead Ridge to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes26%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Buckhead Ridge faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Buckhead Ridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Glades County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Buckhead Ridge

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Buckhead RidgeDeclared for Glades County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Wilma

1 household applied for aid

Glades County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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. Buckhead Ridge 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 Buckhead Ridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Buckhead Ridge. 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.