Natural hazards · Riverview

Riverview, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riverview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 233 claims here since 1982. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Riverview?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riverview to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes30%Tornadoes16%Cold waves12%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Riverview faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

30% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailHeat 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 Riverview flood?

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

233paid claims since 1982
$8.7Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Milton: 39 claims, $2.0M
  • Hurricane Helene: 29 claims, $3.1M
  • Hurricane Frances: 23 claims, $595K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Riverview isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hillsborough County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3homes raised above flood level
2buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Riverview

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RiverviewDeclared for Hillsborough County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

26,834 households applied for aid $19.7M aid approved
2024

Hurricane Helene

5,172 households applied for aid $5.7M aid approved
2024

Hurricane Debby

588 households applied for aid $363K aid approved
2023

Hurricane Idalia

528 households applied for aid $185K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

9,215 households applied for aid $3.8M aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

7,348 households applied for aid $2.3M aid approved
2016

Hurricane Hermine

17 households applied for aid $45K aid approved
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

31 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

582 households applied for aid $916K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

262 households applied for aid $527K aid approved
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

1 household applied for aid $11K aid approved
Hillsborough County has had 41 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Riverview

Riverview and the towns around it

Bloomingdale: High, mostly inland floodingFish Hawk: High, mostly inland floodingBalm: High, mostly hurricanesGibsonton: High, mostly inland floodingApollo Beach: Moderate, mostly hurricanesProgress Village: High, mostly inland floodingBrandon: High, mostly hurricanesPalm River-Clair Mel: Moderate, mostly hurricanesValrico: High, mostly inland floodingWimauma: High, mostly hurricanesSun City Center: High, mostly inland floodingRuskin: Moderate, mostly hurricanesMango: Moderate, mostly hurricanesSeffner: Moderate, mostly hurricanesEast Lake-Orient Park: High, mostly hurricanesTampa: High, mostly hurricanesRiverview: High, mostly inland flooding RiverviewBloomingdaleFish HawkBalmGibsontonApollo BeachProgress VillageBrandonPalm River-Clair Mel
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bloomingdalemostly inland floodingHigh
Fish Hawkmostly inland floodingHigh
Riverviewmostly inland floodingHigh
Gibsontonmostly inland floodingHigh
Progress Villagemostly inland floodingHigh
Brandonmostly hurricanesHigh
Balmmostly hurricanesHigh
Apollo Beachmostly hurricanesModerate
Palm River-Clair Melmostly hurricanesModerate
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. Riverview covers 16 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Riverview’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Riverview. 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 Riverview total about $31.7M 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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