Natural hazards · Chiefland

Chiefland, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chiefland comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chiefland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chiefland to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding31%Cold waves9%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Chiefland 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 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Ice 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 Chiefland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Chiefland 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

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Chiefland

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChieflandDeclared for Levy County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

4 households applied for aid

2024

Hurricane Helene

712 households applied for aid $983K aid approved

2024

Hurricane Debby

407 households applied for aid $399K aid approved

2023

Hurricane Idalia

453 households applied for aid $308K aid approved

2022

Hurricane Ian

2 households applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

758 households applied for aid $196K aid approved $59K to the City of Chiefland for repairs

2016

Hurricane Hermine

19 households applied for aid $563 aid approved

2012

Tropical Storm Debby

$7K to the City of Chiefland for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

17 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

174 households applied for aid $172K aid approved $3K to the City of Chiefland for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

242 households applied for aid $431K aid approved $24K to the City of Chiefland for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

30 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the City of Chiefland for repairs

Levy County has had 38 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Chiefland

Chiefland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Manatee Roadmostly inland floodingVery high

Andrewsmostly hurricanesHigh

Chieflandmostly hurricanesHigh

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. Chiefland 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 Chiefland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Chiefland. 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.

Chiefland, FL natural hazards

How exposed is Chiefland?

What Chiefland faces

Hurricanes

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Chiefland flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Debby

Hurricane Idalia

Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Hermine

Tropical Storm Debby

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

Hurricane Jeanne

Hurricane Frances

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

Severe Storms and Flooding

Chiefland and the towns around it

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