Natural hazards · Wilton Manors

Wilton Manors, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wilton Manors comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 203 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wilton Manors?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilton Manors to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding68%Hurricanes26%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Wilton Manors faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Wilton Manors flood?

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

203paid claims since 1979

$4.7Mpaid to owners

25homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 27 claims, $130K
April Florida Flooding: 21 claims, $1.2M
Hurricane Irma: 18 claims, $479K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Broward County.

Disasters that hit Wilton Manors

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Wilton Manors itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Wilton Manors.

Brought FEMA money into Wilton ManorsDeclared for Broward County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

1 household applied for aid

2023

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

53 households applied for aid $126K aid approved $5K to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$79K to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

2,082 households applied for aid $648K aid approved $780K to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

$10K to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

2008

Tropical Storm Fay

$9K to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

2005

Hurricane Wilma

1,655 households applied for aid $902K aid approved $1.5M to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$222K to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

$19K to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

69 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $348K to the City of Wilton Manors for repairs

Broward County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and freezes.

Around Wilton Manors

Wilton Manors and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wilton Manorsmostly inland floodingVery high

Fort Lauderdalemostly inland floodingHigh

Oakland Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Wilton Manors covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wilton Manors’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wilton Manors. 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 Wilton Manors total about $6.9M 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.