Natural hazards · Edgewood

Edgewood, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edgewood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edgewood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edgewood to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes17%Tornadoes8%Cold waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Edgewood faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Edgewood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orange County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Edgewood

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdgewoodDeclared for Orange County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $182K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2022

Hurricane Ian

9 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $164K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

39 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $214K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

$93K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

1 household applied for aid $888 aid approved $211K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $670K to the City of Edgewood for repairs

Orange County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Edgewood

Edgewood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Edgewoodmostly inland floodingHigh

Belle Islemostly inland floodingModerate

Orlandomostly inland floodingModerate

Holden Lakesmostly inland floodingModerate

Pine Castlemostly inland floodingLow

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