Natural hazards · Williamsburg

Williamsburg, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Williamsburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Williamsburg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Williamsburg to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes14%Cold waves9%Tornadoes8%Strong wind5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Williamsburg faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Williamsburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orange County.

Disasters that hit Williamsburg

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Orange County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Williamsburg itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WilliamsburgDeclared for Orange County only

Orange County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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. Williamsburg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Williamsburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Williamsburg. 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 Williamsburg total about $1.4M 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.