Natural hazards · Cross

Cross, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cross comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1980. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cross?

85
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cross to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes61%Inland flooding23%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Cross faces

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

Hurricanes

61% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Cross flood?

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

6paid claims since 1980
$53Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Cross isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dixie County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6buildings retrofitted against wind
2homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Cross

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrossDeclared for Dixie County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

$74K to the Town of Cross for repairs
2024

Hurricane Helene

447 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $189K to the Town of Cross for repairs
2024

Hurricane Debby

476 households applied for aid $687K aid approved
2023

Hurricane Idalia

755 households applied for aid $796K aid approved $493K to the Town of Cross for repairs
2017

Hurricane Irma

584 households applied for aid $219K aid approved $42K to the Town of Cross for repairs
2016

Hurricane Hermine

52 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $12K to the Town of Cross for repairs
2009

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

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Dennis

7 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

174 households applied for aid $302K aid approved $3K to the Town of Cross for repairs
2004

Hurricane Frances

207 households applied for aid $309K aid approved $25K to the Town of Cross for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

13 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
Dixie County has had 37 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. Cross covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cross’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cross. 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 Cross total about $2.2M 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.

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