Natural hazards · Bushnell

Bushnell, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bushnell comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1998. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bushnell?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bushnell to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding31%Tornadoes11%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Bushnell faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Lower here

HailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Bushnell flood?

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

3paid claims since 1998

$159Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19982026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Milton: 1 claim, $123K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumter County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4buildings retrofitted against wind

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Bushnell

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BushnellDeclared for Sumter County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

1,119 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved $282K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2024

Hurricane Helene

$29K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

$7K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2022

Hurricane Ian

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

1,398 households applied for aid $499K aid approved $116K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

488 households applied for aid $769K aid approved $134K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

414 households applied for aid $406K aid approved $79K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

$7K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

Sumter County has had 28 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. Bushnell 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 Bushnell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bushnell. 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.