Natural hazards · Lady Lake

Lady Lake, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lady Lake comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2017. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lady Lake?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lady Lake to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes14%Strong wind6%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Lady Lake faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Lady Lake flood?

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

4paid claims since 2017
$99Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20172026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irma: 4 claims, $99K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lady Lake isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lake County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3buildings retrofitted against wind
1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Lady Lake

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lady LakeDeclared for Lake County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

1,038 households applied for aid $428K aid approved $491K to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
2022

Hurricane Nicole

16 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

305 households applied for aid $100K aid approved $112K to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
2017

Hurricane Irma

2,535 households applied for aid $964K aid approved $339K to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

$16K to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

3 households applied for aid $517 aid approved $25K to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

664 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved $1.1M to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

335 households applied for aid $246K aid approved $70K to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

9 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

345 households applied for aid $241K aid approved $415K to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

22 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $10K to the Town of Lady Lake for repairs
Lake County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.
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. Lady Lake covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lady Lake’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lady Lake. 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 Lady Lake total about $3.8M 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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