Natural hazards · Fountainebleau

Fountainebleau, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fountainebleau comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 180 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fountainebleau?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fountainebleau to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes36%Heat waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Fountainebleau faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Ice stormsWinter weatherAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fountainebleau flood?

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

180paid claims since 1979

$15.9Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irma: 13 claims, $593K
Hurricane Irene: 4 claims, $40K
Hurricane Andrew: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dade County.

Disasters that hit Fountainebleau

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FountainebleauDeclared for Dade County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

11 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Dade County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Fountainebleau

Fountainebleau and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sweetwatermostly inland floodingHigh

Fountainebleaumostly inland floodingHigh

Westchestermostly 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. Fountainebleau covers 14 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fountainebleau’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fountainebleau. 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 Fountainebleau total about $12.2M 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.