Natural hazards · Patrick AFB

Patrick AFB, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Patrick AFB comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Patrick AFB?

83
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Patrick AFB to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes86%Inland flooding7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Patrick AFB faces

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

Hurricanes

86% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

7% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold 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 Patrick AFB flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Patrick AFB.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Patrick AFB isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Brevard County.
Disasters that hit Patrick AFB

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Patrick AFBDeclared for Brevard County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

5 households applied for aid
2022

Hurricane Nicole

1 household applied for aid
2022

Hurricane Ian

7 households applied for aid $600 aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

34 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2016

Hurricane Matthew

3 households applied for aid
2008

Tropical Storm Fay

1 household applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

5 households applied for aid $2 aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Frances

13 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

1 household applied for aid
Brevard County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.
Around Patrick AFB

Patrick AFB and the towns around it

South Patrick Shores: Very high, mostly hurricanesSatellite Beach: Very high, mostly hurricanesMerritt Island: Very high, mostly hurricanesPatrick AFB: Very high, mostly hurricanes Patrick AFBSouth Patrick Shores
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
South Patrick Shoresmostly hurricanesVery high
Patrick AFBmostly 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. Patrick AFB covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Patrick AFB’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Patrick AFB. 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 Patrick AFB total about $1.1M 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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