Natural hazards · East Williston

East Williston, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Williston comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Williston?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Williston to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes50%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes9%Wildfire6%Cold waves5%Lightning5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What East Williston faces

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

Hurricanes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 East Williston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. East Williston 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.

Disasters that hit East Williston

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East WillistonDeclared for Levy County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

1 household applied for aid

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