Natural hazards · West Perrine

West Perrine, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Perrine comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 22 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 West Perrine?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Perrine to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes52%Inland flooding28%Heat waves7%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What West Perrine faces

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

Hurricanes

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 West Perrine flood?

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

22paid claims since 1979

$164Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Andrew: 6 claims, $128K
Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $15K
Hurricane Katrina: 2 claims, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dade County.

Disasters that hit West Perrine

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West PerrineDeclared for Dade County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

9 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Dade County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around West Perrine

West Perrine and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

South Miami Heightsmostly inland floodingVery high

Palmetto Estatesmostly hurricanesHigh

West Perrinemostly 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. West Perrine covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Perrine’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to West Perrine. 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 West Perrine total about $1.7M 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.