Natural hazards · High Springs

High Springs, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in High Springs comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is High Springs?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in High Springs to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding54%Hurricanes25%Tornadoes7%Wildfire5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What High Springs faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 High Springs flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Alachua County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit High Springs

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into High SpringsDeclared for Alachua County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

807 households applied for aid $933K aid approved $116K to the City of High Springs for repairs

2024

Hurricane Debby

233 households applied for aid $336K aid approved $45K to the City of High Springs for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

113 households applied for aid $210K aid approved $32K to the City of High Springs for repairs

2022

Hurricane Ian

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

920 households applied for aid $443K aid approved $26K to the City of High Springs for repairs

2008

Tropical Storm Fay

2 households applied for aid $139 aid approved $58K to the City of High Springs for repairs

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

205 households applied for aid $222K aid approved $164K to the City of High Springs for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

394 households applied for aid $416K aid approved $56K to the City of High Springs for repairs

Alachua County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around High Springs

High Springs and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

High Springsmostly inland floodingVery high

Newberrymostly inland floodingHigh

Alachuamostly inland floodingHigh

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. High Springs 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 High Springs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of High Springs. 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.