Natural hazards · McIntosh

McIntosh, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McIntosh comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McIntosh?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes36%Inland flooding35%Wildfire11%Tornadoes9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What McIntosh faces

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

Hurricanes

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 56 years in the area

Lower here

HailCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 McIntosh flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in McIntosh.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit McIntosh

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McIntoshDeclared for Marion County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

75 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $22K to the Town of McIntosh for repairs

2016

Hurricane Hermine

$6K to the Town of McIntosh for repairs

2008

Tropical Storm Fay

1 household applied for aid

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved $162K to the Town of McIntosh for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

1 household applied for aid $61K to the Town of McIntosh for repairs

Marion County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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