Natural hazards · Fussels Corner

Fussels Corner, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fussels Corner comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2017. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fussels Corner?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes43%Inland flooding35%Strong wind12%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Fussels Corner faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat 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 Fussels Corner flood?

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

2paid claims since 2017

$81Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irma: 1 claim, $3K
Hurricane Milton: 1 claim, $78K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Polk County.

Disasters that hit Fussels Corner

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Fussels CornerDeclared for Polk County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

1 household applied for aid $342 aid approved

Polk County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Fussels Corner

Fussels Corner and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fussels Cornermostly hurricanesHigh

Auburndalemostly 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. Fussels Corner covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fussels Corner’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fussels Corner. 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 Fussels Corner total about $845K 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.