Natural hazards · Wabasso Beach

Wabasso Beach, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wabasso Beach comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wabasso Beach?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wabasso Beach to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes84%Inland flooding13%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Wabasso Beach faces

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

Hurricanes

84% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold wavesHeat 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 Wabasso Beach flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Wabasso Beach.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Indian River County.

Disasters that hit Wabasso Beach

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Indian River County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wabasso Beach itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Wabasso BeachDeclared for Indian River County only

Indian River County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Wabasso Beach

Wabasso Beach and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wabasso Beachmostly hurricanesVery high

Orchidmostly hurricanesVery high

Indian River Shoresmostly 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. Wabasso Beach is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wabasso Beach’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wabasso Beach. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.