Natural hazards · South Venice

South Venice, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in South Venice comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 223 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is South Venice?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes70%Inland flooding20%Everything else10%

By hazard

What South Venice faces

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

Hurricanes

70% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% 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 South Venice flood?

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

223paid claims since 1979

$11.9Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ian: 114 claims, $7.3M
Hurricane Milton: 50 claims, $2.9M
Hurricane Helene: 30 claims, $1.6M

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sarasota County.

Disasters that hit South Venice

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into South VeniceDeclared for Sarasota County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

5 households applied for aid

Sarasota County has had 41 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around South Venice

South Venice and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Venice Gardensmostly hurricanesVery high

Englewoodmostly hurricanesVery high

South Venicemostly 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. South Venice covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to South Venice’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to South Venice. 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 South Venice total about $5.9M 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.