Natural hazards · Port LaBelle

Port LaBelle, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Port LaBelle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Port LaBelle?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Port LaBelle to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes30%Lightning10%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Port LaBelle faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lightning

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Port LaBelle flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Port LaBelle.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hendry County.

Disasters that hit Port LaBelle

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Port LaBelleDeclared for Hendry County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

1 household applied for aid

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

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. Port LaBelle covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Port LaBelle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Port LaBelle. 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 Port LaBelle total about $1.3M 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.