Natural hazards · Orange Park

Orange Park, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orange Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 83 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Orange Park?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orange Park to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding54%Hurricanes23%Tornadoes11%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Orange Park faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

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 Orange Park flood?

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

83paid claims since 1979
$4.1Mpaid to owners
9homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irma: 48 claims, $3.6M
  • Hurricane Josephine: 6 claims, $21K
  • Hurricane Jeanne: 4 claims, $29K

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
No community discount. Orange Park 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

10buildings retrofitted against wind
3homes raised above flood level
1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Orange Park

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Orange ParkDeclared for Clay County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

446 households applied for aid $107K aid approved
2024

Hurricane Helene

1 household applied for aid
2017

Hurricane Irma

5,657 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $829K to the Town of Orange Park for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

$215K to the Town of Orange Park for repairs
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

92 households applied for aid $213K aid approved $9K to the Town of Orange Park for repairs
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

33 households applied for aid $16K aid approved $112K to the Town of Orange Park for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

428 households applied for aid $244K aid approved $77K to the Town of Orange Park for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

17 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

518 households applied for aid $269K aid approved $118K to the Town of Orange Park for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

$7K to the Town of Orange Park for repairs
Clay County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Orange Park

Orange Park and the towns around it

Lakeside: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFleming Island: High, mostly inland floodingJacksonville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBellair-Meadowbrook Terrace: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOakleaf Plantation: High, mostly inland floodingFruit Cove: High, mostly inland floodingAtlantic Beach: Low, mostly inland floodingNassau Village-Ratliff: High, mostly inland floodingJacksonville Beach: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNeptune Beach: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNocatee: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOrange Park: Low, mostly inland flooding Orange ParkLakesideFleming IslandJacksonvilleBellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fleming Islandmostly inland floodingHigh
Lakesidemostly inland floodingModerate
Jacksonvillemostly inland floodingModerate
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terracemostly inland floodingModerate
Orange Parkmostly inland floodingLow
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. Orange Park covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orange Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Orange Park. 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 Orange Park total about $2.1M 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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