Natural hazards · Horseshoe Beach

Horseshoe Beach, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Horseshoe Beach comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 115 claims here since 1995. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Horseshoe Beach?

93
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Horseshoe Beach to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes47%Coastal flooding24%Inland flooding18%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Horseshoe Beach faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Coastal flooding

24% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Ice 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 Horseshoe Beach flood?

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

115paid claims since 1995
$4.7Mpaid to owners
18homes flooded more than once
19952026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Helene: 37 claims, $3.1M
  • Hurricane Josephine: 29 claims, $554K
  • Hurricane Idalia: 20 claims, $707K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (6) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Horseshoe Beach isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dixie County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13homes raised above flood level
1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Horseshoe Beach

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Horseshoe BeachDeclared for Dixie County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

1 household applied for aid
2024

Hurricane Helene

116 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $1.1M to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
2024

Hurricane Debby

34 households applied for aid $169K aid approved $98K to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
2023

Hurricane Idalia

203 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $525K to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
2017

Hurricane Irma

30 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2016

Hurricane Hermine

64 households applied for aid $173K aid approved $10K to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

$3K to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
2005

Hurricane Dennis

32 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $6K to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

30 households applied for aid $79K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

$2K to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
2004

Hurricane Frances

26 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $6K to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $2K to the Town of Horseshoe Beach for repairs
Dixie County has had 37 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
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. Horseshoe Beach 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 Horseshoe Beach’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Horseshoe Beach. 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.

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