Natural hazards · Orlovista

Orlovista, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orlovista comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1983. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orlovista?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orlovista to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding46%Hurricanes17%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Strong wind7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Orlovista faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Orlovista flood?

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

26paid claims since 1983

$1.7Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ian: 22 claims, $1.7M
Tropical Storm Fay: 1 claim, $1K
Hurricane Milton: 1 claim, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orange County.

Disasters that hit Orlovista

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrlovistaDeclared for Orange County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Orange County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Orlovista

Orlovista and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pine Hillsmostly inland floodingHigh

Orlovistamostly inland floodingModerate

Orlandomostly inland floodingModerate

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. Orlovista covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orlovista’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Orlovista. 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 Orlovista 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.