Natural hazards · Hypoluxo

Hypoluxo, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hypoluxo comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hypoluxo?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hypoluxo to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes51%Inland flooding36%Coastal flooding9%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Hypoluxo faces

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

Hurricanes

51% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Ice 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 Hypoluxo flood?

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

5paid claims since 1979
$13Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $1K
  • Hurricane Jeanne: 1 claim, $1K
  • Hurricane Frances: 1 claim, $2K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Hypoluxo is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Palm Beach County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings floodproofed
1buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Hypoluxo

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HypoluxoDeclared for Palm Beach County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

2 households applied for aid
2022

Hurricane Ian

12 households applied for aid $700 aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

311 households applied for aid $139K aid approved $35K to the Town of Hypoluxo for repairs
2005

Hurricane Wilma

11 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $101K to the Town of Hypoluxo for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

7 households applied for aid $76 aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Frances

8 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $30K to the Town of Hypoluxo for repairs
Palm Beach County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.
Around Hypoluxo

Hypoluxo and the towns around it

Boynton Beach: High, mostly hurricanesSan Castle: High, mostly hurricanesLantana: High, mostly hurricanesOcean Ridge: High, mostly hurricanesGulf Stream: High, mostly hurricanesDelray Beach: High, mostly hurricanesManalapan: High, mostly hurricanesGolf: High, mostly hurricanesPalm Beach: High, mostly hurricanesLake Worth Beach: High, mostly hurricanesSouth Palm Beach: High, mostly hurricanesHypoluxo: High, mostly hurricanes HypoluxoBoynton BeachSan CastleLantana
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hypoluxomostly hurricanesHigh
Boynton Beachmostly hurricanesHigh
San Castlemostly hurricanesHigh
Lantanamostly 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. Hypoluxo covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hypoluxo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hypoluxo. 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 Hypoluxo total about $945K 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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