Natural hazards · Grant-Valkaria

Grant-Valkaria, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grant-Valkaria comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1999. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grant-Valkaria?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grant-Valkaria to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes67%Inland flooding17%Wildfire11%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Grant-Valkaria faces

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

Hurricanes

67% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Grant-Valkaria flood?

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

21paid claims since 1999

$822Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irma: 6 claims, $174K
Hurricane Nicole: 2 claims, $26K
Hurricane Jeanne: 2 claims, $24K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brevard County.

Disasters that hit Grant-Valkaria

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Grant-Valkaria itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Grant-Valkaria.

Brought FEMA money into Grant-ValkariaDeclared for Brevard County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

7 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2022

Hurricane Nicole

2 households applied for aid

2022

Hurricane Ian

3 households applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

43 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $90K to the Town of Grant-Valkaria for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $30K to the Town of Grant-Valkaria for repairs

2008

Tropical Storm Fay

2 households applied for aid $11K to the Town of Grant-Valkaria for repairs

Brevard County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Grant-Valkaria

Grant-Valkaria and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Miccomostly hurricanesVery high

Grant-Valkariamostly hurricanesVery high

Malabarmostly hurricanesVery high

Palm Baymostly hurricanesVery high

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. Grant-Valkaria covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grant-Valkaria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Grant-Valkaria. 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 Grant-Valkaria total about $7.7M 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.