Natural hazards · Manalapan

Manalapan, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Manalapan comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Manalapan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes50%Inland flooding23%Coastal flooding22%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Manalapan faces

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

Hurricanes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

22% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% 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 Manalapan flood?

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

23paid claims since 1979

$549Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Frances: 3 claims, $97K
Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $61K
Hurricane Irma: 1 claim, $206K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Manalapan is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Palm Beach County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Manalapan

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ManalapanDeclared for Palm Beach County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

2 households applied for aid $65K to the Town of Manalapan for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

$6K to the Town of Manalapan for repairs

2005

Hurricane Wilma

$185K to the Town of Manalapan for repairs

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

1 household applied for aid $29K to the Town of Manalapan for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

1 household applied for aid $79K to the Town of Manalapan for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$4K to the Town of Manalapan for repairs

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

Around Manalapan

Manalapan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Manalapanmostly hurricanesHigh

Boynton Beachmostly 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. Manalapan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Manalapan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Manalapan. 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 Manalapan total about $1.4M 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.