Natural hazards · Oak Hill

Oak Hill, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oak Hill comes from coastal flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 2004. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Oak Hill?

86
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oak Hill to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from coastal flooding and hurricanes.

Coastal flooding53%Hurricanes28%Inland flooding11%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Oak Hill faces

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

Coastal flooding

53% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

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 Oak Hill flood?

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

14paid claims since 2004
$627Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20042026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irma: 6 claims, $306K
  • Hurricane Ian: 3 claims, $180K
  • Hurricane Frances: 2 claims, $36K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Oak Hill isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Volusia County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Oak Hill

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Oak Hill itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Oak Hill.

Brought FEMA money into Oak HillDeclared for Volusia County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

209 households applied for aid $417K aid approved $307K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
2022

Hurricane Nicole

27 households applied for aid $49K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

332 households applied for aid $662K aid approved $112K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
2017

Hurricane Irma

413 households applied for aid $380K aid approved $296K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

223 households applied for aid $196K aid approved $267K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

16 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

14 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $18K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

127 households applied for aid $234K aid approved $149K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

7 households applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Frances

463 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved $259K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

231 households applied for aid $286K aid approved $27K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$4K to the City of Oak Hill for repairs
Volusia County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Oak Hill

Oak Hill and the towns around it

Edgewater: High, mostly hurricanesGlencoe: High, mostly hurricanesNew Smyrna Beach: High, mostly hurricanesOak Hill: Very high, mostly coastal flooding Oak HillEdgewater
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Oak Hillmostly coastal floodingVery high
Edgewatermostly 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. Oak Hill covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Oak Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Oak Hill. 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 Oak Hill total about $2.0M 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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