Natural hazards · Palm Coast

Palm Coast, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Palm Coast comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 49 claims here since 2001. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Palm Coast?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Palm Coast to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes44%Inland flooding40%Tornadoes9%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Palm Coast faces

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

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailCold 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 Palm Coast flood?

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

49paid claims since 2001
$1.1Mpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
20012026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irma: 11 claims, $243K
  • Hurricane Milton: 5 claims, $536K
  • Hurricane Matthew: 5 claims, $134K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 30% off flood insurance. Palm Coast is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 4) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Flagler County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5buildings retrofitted against wind
1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Palm Coast

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Palm CoastDeclared for Flagler County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

4,075 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved $325K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2022

Hurricane Nicole

182 households applied for aid $145K aid approved $295K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2022

Hurricane Ian

3,281 households applied for aid $939K aid approved $1.3M to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2019

Hurricane Dorian

$200K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2017

Hurricane Irma

6,553 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $4.4M to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

3,701 households applied for aid $725K aid approved $2.9M to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2009

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

1 household applied for aid $692K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

$364K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

589 households applied for aid $261K aid approved $86K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

41 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

2,198 households applied for aid $979K aid approved $599K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

344 households applied for aid $140K aid approved $177K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding Associated With Tropical Storm Gabrielle

$191K to the City of Palm Coast for repairs
Flagler County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Palm Coast

Palm Coast and the towns around it

Bunnell: High, mostly hurricanesFlagler Beach: High, mostly hurricanesEspanola: High, mostly hurricanesPalm Coast: High, mostly hurricanes Palm CoastBunnellFlagler BeachEspanola
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Flagler Beachmostly hurricanesHigh
Palm Coastmostly hurricanesHigh
Espanolamostly hurricanesHigh
Bunnellmostly 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. Palm Coast covers 16 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Palm Coast’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Palm Coast. 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 Palm Coast total about $27.9M 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.

The coffee’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Palm Coast, FLView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Palm Coast is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01