Natural hazards · Zephyrhills

Zephyrhills, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Zephyrhills comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 38 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 Zephyrhills?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Zephyrhills to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes33%Tornadoes12%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Zephyrhills faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce 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 Zephyrhills flood?

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

38paid claims since 1979
$4.1Mpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Milton: 30 claims, $3.9M
  • Hurricane Frances: 3 claims, $74K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Zephyrhills 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

22flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
5buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Zephyrhills

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ZephyrhillsDeclared for Pasco County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

11,648 households applied for aid $17.1M aid approved $2.5M to the City of Zephyrhills for repairs
2024

Hurricane Helene

1,380 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved
2023

Hurricane Idalia

281 households applied for aid $106K aid approved
2022

Hurricane Ian

1,177 households applied for aid $750K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

5,131 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $481K to the City of Zephyrhills for repairs
2016

Hurricane Hermine

19 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $46K to the City of Zephyrhills for repairs
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

57 households applied for aid $52K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

789 households applied for aid $965K aid approved $66K to the City of Zephyrhills for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

25 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Frances

443 households applied for aid $683K aid approved $135K to the City of Zephyrhills for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

30 households applied for aid $48K aid approved $4K to the City of Zephyrhills for repairs
Pasco County has had 38 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Zephyrhills

Zephyrhills and the towns around it

Pasadena Hills: High, mostly inland floodingZephyrhills North: High, mostly inland floodingZephyrhills South: High, mostly inland floodingZephyrhills West: High, mostly inland floodingSt. Leo: Moderate, mostly hurricanesDade City: High, mostly hurricanesWesley Chapel: High, mostly inland floodingSan Antonio: Moderate, mostly hurricanesZephyrhills: High, mostly inland flooding ZephyrhillsPasadena HillsZephyrhills NorthZephyrhills SouthZephyrhills West
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Zephyrhillsmostly inland floodingHigh
Zephyrhills Southmostly inland floodingHigh
Zephyrhills Northmostly inland floodingHigh
Zephyrhills Westmostly inland floodingHigh
Pasadena Hillsmostly 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. Zephyrhills covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Zephyrhills’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Zephyrhills. 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 Zephyrhills total about $4.9M 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.

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