Natural hazards · Middleburg

Middleburg, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Middleburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 230 claims here since 1991. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Middleburg?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Middleburg to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes14%Hurricanes13%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Middleburg faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Ice stormsDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Middleburg flood?

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

230paid claims since 1991
$16.4Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19912026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irma: 100 claims, $13.0M
  • Tropical Storm Debby: 50 claims, $1.9M
  • Hurricane Frances: 12 claims, $323K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Middleburg isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clay County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11homes raised above flood level
4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
4buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Middleburg

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MiddleburgDeclared for Clay County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

289 households applied for aid $114K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

4,983 households applied for aid $5.5M aid approved
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

387 households applied for aid $763K aid approved
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

86 households applied for aid $21K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

388 households applied for aid $434K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

29 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

501 households applied for aid $633K aid approved
Clay County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
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. Middleburg covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Middleburg’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Middleburg. 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 Middleburg total about $2.3M 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.

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