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Leilani Estates, HI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leilani Estates comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Leilani Estates?

100
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leilani Estates to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding48%Earthquakes39%Volcanic activity9%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Leilani Estates faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

39% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Volcanic activity

9% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningTsunamis

Not a risk here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesDroughtAvalanches
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 Leilani Estates flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Leilani Estates isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hawaii County.
Disasters that hit Leilani Estates

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Leilani EstatesDeclared for Hawaii County only
2018

Kilauea Volcanic Eruption and Earthquakes

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved
Hawaii County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and hurricanes.
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. Leilani Estates 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 Leilani Estates’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Leilani Estates. 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.

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