Natural hazards · Ives Estates

Ives Estates, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ives Estates comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ives Estates?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ives Estates to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes43%Inland flooding41%Heat waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Ives Estates faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Ice stormsWinter weatherAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ives Estates flood?

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

30paid claims since 1979

$397Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

June South Florida Flooding: 3 claims, $109K
Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $248
Hurricane Wilma: 2 claims, $14K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dade County.

Disasters that hit Ives Estates

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Ives EstatesDeclared for Dade County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

88 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Dade County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Ives Estates

Ives Estates and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ives Estatesmostly hurricanesHigh

Miami Gardensmostly hurricanesHigh

Ojusmostly hurricanesHigh

West Parkmostly hurricanesHigh

Pembroke Parkmostly 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. Ives Estates covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ives Estates’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ives Estates. 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 Ives Estates total about $5.3M 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.