Natural hazards · Goodland

Goodland, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goodland comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very 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 Goodland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goodland to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes71%Coastal flooding17%Inland flooding9%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Goodland faces

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

Hurricanes

71% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Coastal flooding

17% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Ice 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 Goodland flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Collier County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Goodland

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoodlandDeclared for Collier County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

14 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2024

Hurricane Helene

8 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2022

Hurricane Ian

93 households applied for aid $405K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

232 households applied for aid $540K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Wilma

60 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

1 household applied for aid

Collier County has had 46 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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