Natural hazards · Greenacres

Greenacres, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenacres comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1999. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Greenacres?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenacres to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes58%Inland flooding31%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Greenacres faces

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

Hurricanes

58% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Greenacres flood?

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

7paid claims since 1999
$71Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19992026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $22K
  • Hurricane Jeanne: 1 claim, $11K
  • Hurricane Irma: 1 claim, $9K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Greenacres is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Palm Beach County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Greenacres

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenacresDeclared for Palm Beach County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

158 households applied for aid $45K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

390 households applied for aid $41K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

4,526 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved $241K to the City of Greenacres for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

$12K to the City of Greenacres for repairs
2005

Hurricane Wilma

2,377 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved $423K to the City of Greenacres for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

1,353 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $60K to the City of Greenacres for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

27 households applied for aid $988 aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

1,995 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $406K to the City of Greenacres for repairs
1999

Fl-Hurricane Irene-Dr-Req

$14K to the City of Greenacres for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$14K to the City of Greenacres for repairs
Palm Beach County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.
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. Greenacres covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenacres’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Greenacres. 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 Greenacres total about $7.9M 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.

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