Natural hazards · Yulee

Yulee, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Yulee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Yulee?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Yulee to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding42%Hurricanes30%Tornadoes8%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Yulee faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Yulee flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$92Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irma: 1 claim, $92K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nassau County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Yulee

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YuleeDeclared for Nassau County only

2024

Hurricane Milton

8 households applied for aid

2022

Hurricane Ian

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

1,794 households applied for aid $711K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

156 households applied for aid $67K aid approved

2012

Tropical Storm Debby

18 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2008

Tropical Storm Fay

20 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Jeanne

45 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Frances

64 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

Nassau County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

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. Yulee covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Yulee’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Yulee. 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 Yulee total about $1.6M 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.