Natural hazards · Osprey

Osprey, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Osprey comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 51 claims here since 2020. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Osprey?

86
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes67%Inland flooding25%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Osprey faces

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

Hurricanes

67% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Ice 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 Osprey flood?

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

51paid claims since 2020
$3.9Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20202026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Helene: 33 claims, $2.6M
  • Hurricane Milton: 13 claims, $1.3M
  • Hurricane Debby: 4 claims, $81K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Osprey isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sarasota County.
Disasters that hit Osprey

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OspreyDeclared for Sarasota County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

776 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved
2024

Hurricane Helene

127 households applied for aid $280K aid approved
2024

Hurricane Debby

62 households applied for aid $55K aid approved
2023

Hurricane Idalia

12 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

434 households applied for aid $275K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

286 households applied for aid $74K aid approved
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

3 households applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

4 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

2 households applied for aid $757 aid approved
Sarasota County has had 41 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Osprey

Osprey and the towns around it

Laurel: Very high, mostly hurricanesVamo: Very high, mostly hurricanesPalmer Ranch: Very high, mostly hurricanesNokomis: Very high, mostly hurricanesVenice: Very high, mostly hurricanesOsprey: Very high, mostly hurricanes OspreyLaurelVamoPalmer Ranch
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Laurelmostly hurricanesVery high
Ospreymostly hurricanesVery high
Palmer Ranchmostly hurricanesVery high
Vamomostly hurricanesVery high
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. Osprey covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Osprey’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Osprey. 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 Osprey total about $5.4M 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.

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