Natural hazards · Grenelefe

Grenelefe, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grenelefe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grenelefe?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grenelefe to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes35%Strong wind10%Wildfire5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Grenelefe faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Grenelefe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Grenelefe 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 Grenelefe

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Polk County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Grenelefe itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into GrenelefeDeclared for Polk County only

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

Around Grenelefe

Grenelefe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grenelefemostly inland floodingHigh

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