Pomona Park’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pomona Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Pomona Park’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
Does Pomona Park flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Pomona Park. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Pomona 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: Putnam County.How exposed is Pomona Park?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.
Rated higher than 587 of the 957 Florida towns we cover.
Pomona Park is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
What Pomona Park faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
10 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Pomona Park
Disasters that paid out in Pomona Park itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Pomona Park) and its biggest flood years.
- 2024Hurricane Milton135 households applied for aid$100K aid approved$9K to the Town of Pomona Park for repairs
- 2024Hurricane Helene46 households applied for aid$75K aid approved
- 2022Hurricane Nicole8 households applied for aid
- 2022Hurricane Ian138 households applied for aid$44K aid approved
- 2017Hurricane Irma555 households applied for aid$204K aid approved
- 2016Hurricane Matthew62 households applied for aid$27K aid approved
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- 2009Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds$2K to the Town of Pomona Park for repairs
- 2004Hurricane Jeanne119 households applied for aid$118K aid approved$4K to the Town of Pomona Park for repairs
- 2004Hurricane Frances234 households applied for aid$193K aid approved$7K to the Town of Pomona Park for repairs
- 2001Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding Associated With Tropical Storm Gabrielle$938 to the Town of Pomona Park for repairs
Putnam County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Old photos of Pomona Park after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
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A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Most disasters here begin in August–October
The month each of Putnam County’s 32 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Pomona Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pomona Park.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Pomona Park.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Weather alerts: National Weather Service. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.