Natural hazards · Heathrow

Heathrow, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Heathrow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2008. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Heathrow?

37
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Heathrow to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding49%Hurricanes24%Tornadoes18%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Heathrow faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

24% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailCold 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 Heathrow flood?

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

3paid claims since 2008
$19Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20082026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Fay: 1 claim, $11K
  • Low pressure system: 1 claim, $3K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Heathrow isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Seminole County.
Disasters that hit Heathrow

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HeathrowDeclared for Seminole County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

15 households applied for aid
2022

Hurricane Ian

14 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

44 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2016

Hurricane Matthew

1 household applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

3 households applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Frances

10 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

10 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
Seminole County has had 29 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. Heathrow covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Heathrow’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Heathrow. 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 Heathrow total about $2.6M 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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