Natural hazards · Wesley Chapel

Wesley Chapel, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wesley Chapel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 94 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wesley Chapel?

72
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wesley Chapel to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes38%Tornadoes15%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Wesley Chapel faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

38% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailCold 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 Wesley Chapel flood?

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

94paid claims since 1979
$2.6Mpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Milton: 37 claims, $2.0M
  • Hurricane Frances: 17 claims, $185K
  • Hurricane Irma: 6 claims, $78K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wesley Chapel isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pasco County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7buildings retrofitted against wind
2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Wesley Chapel

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Wesley ChapelDeclared for Pasco County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

8,330 households applied for aid $3.7M aid approved
2024

Hurricane Helene

1,567 households applied for aid $819K aid approved
2023

Hurricane Idalia

247 households applied for aid $65K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

1,088 households applied for aid $294K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

3,308 households applied for aid $750K aid approved
2016

Hurricane Hermine

4 households applied for aid
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

49 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

231 households applied for aid $291K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

12 households applied for aid $870 aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

204 households applied for aid $290K aid approved
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

31 households applied for aid $23K aid approved
Pasco County has had 38 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Wesley Chapel

Wesley Chapel and the towns around it

Land O' Lakes: High, mostly hurricanesPasadena Hills: High, mostly inland floodingLutz: High, mostly hurricanesZephyrhills: High, mostly inland floodingSt. Leo: Moderate, mostly hurricanesDade City: High, mostly hurricanesSan Antonio: Moderate, mostly hurricanesWesley Chapel: High, mostly inland flooding Wesley ChapelLand O' LakesPasadena Hills
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wesley Chapelmostly inland floodingHigh
Pasadena Hillsmostly inland floodingHigh
Land O' Lakesmostly hurricanesHigh
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. Wesley Chapel covers 10 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wesley Chapel’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wesley Chapel. 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 Wesley Chapel total about $21.6M 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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