Natural hazards · Jupiter Inlet Colony

Jupiter Inlet Colony, FL natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jupiter Inlet Colony?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jupiter Inlet Colony to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes63%Inland flooding29%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Jupiter Inlet Colony faces

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

Hurricanes

63% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold 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 Jupiter Inlet Colony flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979

$104Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Jeanne: 2 claims, $43K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Palm Beach County.

Disasters that hit Jupiter Inlet Colony

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Jupiter Inlet ColonyDeclared for Palm Beach County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$16K to the Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony for repairs

2005

Hurricane Wilma

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $19K to the Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony for repairs

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Frances

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

1999

Fl-Hurricane Irene-Dr-Req

$3K to the Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony for repairs

Palm Beach County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.

Around Jupiter Inlet Colony

Jupiter Inlet Colony and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tequestamostly hurricanesHigh

Jupitermostly hurricanesHigh

Jupiter Inlet Colonymostly hurricanesModerate

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. Jupiter Inlet Colony 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 Jupiter Inlet Colony’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony. 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.