Natural hazards · The Acreage

The Acreage, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in The Acreage comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 28 claims here since 1982.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is The Acreage?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in The Acreage to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes55%Inland flooding36%Everything else9%

By hazard

What The Acreage faces

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

Hurricanes

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 The Acreage flood?

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

28paid claims since 1982

$746Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isaac: 8 claims, $429K
Hurricane Frances: 5 claims, $105K
Hurricane Irene: 4 claims, $58K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Palm Beach County.

Disasters that hit The Acreage

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Palm Beach County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching The Acreage itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into The AcreageDeclared for Palm Beach County only

Palm Beach County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.

Around The Acreage

The Acreage and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

The Acreagemostly hurricanesHigh

Royal Palm Beachmostly hurricanesHigh

Palm Beach Gardensmostly hurricanesHigh

Loxahatchee Grovesmostly hurricanesHigh

Westlakemostly 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. The Acreage covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to The Acreage’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to The Acreage. 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 The Acreage total about $8.1M 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.