Natural hazards · Wildwood

Wildwood, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wildwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wildwood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes24%Cold waves17%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Wildwood faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Wildwood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wildwood 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 Wildwood

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WildwoodDeclared for Dade County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Associated Flooding

39 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Dade County has had 16 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. Wildwood is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wildwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wildwood. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.