Natural hazards · Inglis

Inglis, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Inglis comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 52 claims here since 1988. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Inglis?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Inglis to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes39%Inland flooding23%Coastal flooding11%Wildfire8%Tornadoes7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Inglis faces

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

Hurricanes

39% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Coastal flooding

11% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Wildfire

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Lower here

HailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Inglis flood?

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

52paid claims since 1988
$2.5Mpaid to owners
9homes flooded more than once
19882026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Helene: 18 claims, $1.4M
  • Hurricane Idalia: 7 claims, $417K
  • Blizzard of 1993: 5 claims, $221K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4homes raised above flood level
2buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Inglis

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into InglisDeclared for Levy County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

51 households applied for aid $75K aid approved
2024

Hurricane Helene

345 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved
2024

Hurricane Debby

81 households applied for aid $137K aid approved
2023

Hurricane Idalia

166 households applied for aid $363K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

179 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $23K to the Town of Inglis for repairs
2016

Hurricane Hermine

37 households applied for aid $58K aid approved $25K to the Town of Inglis for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

110 households applied for aid $147K aid approved $4K to the Town of Inglis for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Frances

206 households applied for aid $296K aid approved $47K to the Town of Inglis for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

10 households applied for aid $21K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Town of Inglis for repairs
Levy County has had 38 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. Inglis 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 Inglis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Inglis. 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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