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Dixie County, Florida

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 12029 · 17,102 residents (2021) · 705 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 16Tornado · 3Flood · 19Wind · 92Winter · 0

Dixie County within Florida. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Between 1950 and 2026, NCEI recorded 159 storm events in Dixie County, Florida, led by damaging wind.

That is 22.6 events per 100 square miles, below the Florida figure of 73.8, and 93.0 per 10,000 residents against 18.2 statewide.

2 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 0 deaths and 0 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $57M.

FEMA has designated the county in 44 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Hurricane Milton (major disaster, 11 Oct 2024).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 916 claims since 1978, of which 735 were paid, totalling $21M (about $29K per paid claim). FEMA counts 556 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Very Low" and its expected annual loss as "Very Low" ($9.4M a year across 18 hazards).

99 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 13 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

2events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

159events since 19500 deaths, 0 injuries recorded

44disaster declarationslast 11 Oct 2024

916NFIP flood claims$21M paid

Compared with Florida and the United States

Measure	Dixie County	Florida	US
Recorded events since 1950	159	39,578	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	22.6	73.8	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	93.0	18.2	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	2	1,307	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	0	890	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$57M	$80B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	53.6	20.6	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$29K	$62K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	51.1	18.3	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Tornado: 1

Hail: 3Tornado: 1Wind: 5

Hail: 5Tornado: 1Flood: 1Wind: 8Tropical: 3Wildfire: 1

Hail: 4Flood: 2Wind: 13Tropical: 18Lightning: 1

Hail: 4Flood: 11Wind: 41Lightning: 2Other: 4

Flood: 5Wind: 25

01950s01960s11970s91980s191990s382000s622010s302020s

Recorded events in Dixie County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindTropicalWildfireLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 104 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 47 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind92

Tropical21

Flood19

Hail16

Other4

Tornado3

Lightning3

Wildfire1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	92	—	0.6%	detail
■ Tropical	21	—	0.9%
■ Flood	19	—	0.6%	detail
■ Hail	16	—	0.3%	detail
■ Other	4	—	0.1%
■ Tornado	3	—	0.1%
■ Lightning	3	—	0.2%
■ Wildfire	1	—	0.2%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
10 Mar 1998	Flood	Flood	—	$35M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
6 Aug 2021	Flood	Flood	—	$10M	—	—	—	County
10 Jul 2005	Storm Surge/Tide	Tropical	—	$3.0M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
9 Jul 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$3.0M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
26 Sep 2004	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$1.5M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
22 Aug 2008	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$550K	—	—	—	Forecast zone
28 Sep 1998	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$400K	—	—	—	Forecast zone
30 Apr 2014	Flood	Flood	—	$399K	—	—	—	County
26 Sep 2010	Lightning	Lightning	—	$300K	—	—	—	County
29 Mar 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$275K	—	—	—	County
2 Sep 1998	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$250K	—	—	—	Forecast zone
2 Aug 2015	Flood	Flood	—	$250K	—	—	—	County
26 Sep 2010	Lightning	Lightning	—	$225K	—	—	—	County
5 Apr 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	86 mph	$200K	—	—	—	County
5 Sep 2004	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$150K	—	—	—	Forecast zone
30 Sep 1998	Tornado	Tornado	F0	$100K	—	—	—	County
12 Jun 2006	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$100K	—	—	—	Forecast zone
23 Aug 2008	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$100K	—	—	—	County
7 Mar 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	69 mph	$100K	—	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
11 Oct 2024	DR-4834	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Milton	Public assistance
7 Oct 2024	EM-3622	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Milton	Public assistance
28 Sep 2024	DR-4828	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Helene	Individual assistance, Public assistance
24 Sep 2024	EM-3615	Emergency	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Helene	Public assistance
10 Aug 2024	DR-4806	Major disaster	Tropical Storm	Hurricane Debby	Individual assistance, Public assistance
3 Aug 2024	EM-3605	Emergency	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Debby	Public assistance
31 Aug 2023	DR-4734	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Idalia	Individual assistance, Public assistance
28 Aug 2023	EM-3596	Emergency	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Idalia	Public assistance
13 Dec 2022	DR-4680	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Nicole	Public assistance
8 Nov 2022	EM-3587	Emergency	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Nicole	Public assistance
29 Sep 2022	DR-4673	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ian	Public assistance
24 Sep 2022	EM-3584	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Ian	Public assistance
16 Aug 2021	EM-3562	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Fred	Public assistance
4 Jul 2021	EM-3561	Emergency	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Elsa	Public assistance
11 Nov 2020	EM-3551	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Eta	Public assistance
25 Mar 2020	DR-4486	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3432	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
30 Aug 2019	EM-3419	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Dorian	Public assistance
9 Oct 2018	EM-3405	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Michael	Public assistance
10 Sep 2017	DR-4337	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Irma	Individual assistance, Public assistance
5 Sep 2017	EM-3385	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Irma	Public assistance
28 Sep 2016	DR-4280	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Hermine	Individual assistance, Public assistance
3 Jul 2012	DR-4068	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Debby	Public assistance
21 Apr 2009	DR-1831	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds	Individual assistance, Public assistance
24 Aug 2008	DR-1785	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Fay	Public assistance
21 Aug 2008	EM-3288	Emergency	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Fay	Public assistance
5 Sep 2005	EM-3220	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
10 Jul 2005	DR-1595	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Dennis	Individual assistance, Public assistance
26 Sep 2004	DR-1561	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Jeanne	Individual assistance, Public assistance
16 Sep 2004	DR-1551	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ivan	Public assistance
4 Sep 2004	DR-1545	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Frances	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Aug 2004	DR-1539	Major disaster	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Bonnie And Hurricane Charley	Individual assistance, Public assistance
29 Jul 2003	DR-1481	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
23 May 2001	FM-2363	Fire management assistance	Fire	Perry Fire Complex	Public assistance
5 Feb 2001	DR-1359	Major disaster	Freezing	Severe Freeze	Individual assistance
9 Jun 2000	FM-2307	Fire management assistance	Fire	Fl, Perry Fire Complex	Public assistance
4 Sep 1998	DR-1241	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Earl	Individual assistance
18 Jun 1998	DR-1223	Major disaster	Fire	Extreme Fire Hazard	Individual assistance, Public assistance
6 Jan 1998	DR-1195	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, High Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
15 Oct 1996	DR-1141	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Josephine	Individual assistance
13 Mar 1993	DR-982	Major disaster	Tornado	Tornadoes, Flooding, High Winds & Tides, Freezing	Individual assistance, Public assistance
12 Sep 1985	DR-743	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Elena	Individual assistance, Public assistance
26 May 1973	DR-387	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
23 Jun 1972	DR-337	Major disaster	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Agnes	Individual assistance, Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Dixie County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978916

Paid claims735

Total paid$21M

Average paid claim$29K

Repetitive-loss properties11827 severe

Residential policies in force5565.8% of 9,564 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2024	158	133	$9,252,089	$69,565
2023	77	58	$3,139,013	$54,121
2022	1	0	$0	—
2021	26	22	$969,750	$44,080
2019	6	3	$23,815	$7,938
2018	13	10	$195,589	$19,559
2017	3	0	$0	—
2016	53	45	$1,203,497	$26,744
2015	3	2	$48,230	$24,115
2014	2	0	$0	—
2009	7	3	$41,883	$13,961
2008	1	1	$10,316	$10,316
2006	4	3	$53,540	$17,847
2005	52	45	$825,469	$18,344
2004	21	10	$59,105	$5,911
2003	3	1	$5,957	$5,957
2001	1	0	$0	—
1998	76	58	$509,091	$8,777
1996	215	190	$3,101,754	$16,325
1995	89	65	$342,418	$5,268
1993	70	62	$1,503,825	$24,255
1991	8	6	$59,948	$9,991
1988	1	0	$0	—
1987	3	1	$345	$345
1986	11	7	$33,360	$4,766

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskVery Lowscore 35.5 of 100

Expected annual loss$9.4MVery Low

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Moderate

Community resilienceVery Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$4,238,847
Inland flooding	Very Low	$2,809,277
Coastal flooding	Relatively Moderate	$1,178,794
Tornado	Relatively Low	$329,290
Lightning	Relatively Moderate	$252,335
Cold wave	Very Low	$184,148
Wildfire	Relatively Low	$181,700
Heat wave	Very Low	$160,289
Strong wind	Very Low	$51,205
Earthquake	Very Low	$32,682
Drought	Very Low	$4,480
Hail	Very Low	$3,465
Winter weather	Very Low	$773
Landslide	Very Low	$8

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles99

Tracks within 50 miles51

Hurricane strength within 50 miles13

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Debby	2024	19 mi	81 mph
Helene	2024	42 mi	138 mph
Idalia	2023	32 mi	132 mph
Nicole	2022	28 mi	46 mph
Elsa	2021	23 mi	63 mph
Mindy	2021	77 mi	40 mph
Eta	2020	32 mi	58 mph
Irma	2017	32 mi	58 mph
Colin	2016	28 mi	52 mph
Hermine	2016	64 mi	81 mph
Andrea	2013	10 mi	63 mph
Debby	2012	18 mi	46 mph
Fay	2008	22 mi	58 mph
Alberto	2006	37 mi	63 mph
Frances	2004	37 mi	63 mph
Jeanne	2004	37 mi	52 mph
Gordon	2000	18 mi	69 mph
Josephine	1996	50 mi	69 mph
Allison	1995	69 mi	69 mph
Erin	1995	67 mi	69 mph
Marco	1990	88 mi	46 mph
Elena	1985	62 mi	121 mph
Isidore	1984	68 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1982	65 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1976	49 mi	46 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

32692 467
32680 212
32648 157
32628 16

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Dixie County, FL?

NCEI records 16 hail events in Dixie County since 1950, in 13 different years; that is about 0.2 recorded events a year. 4 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Dixie County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 3 tornadoes in Dixie County since 1950, 0 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 0.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Dixie County?

11 Oct 2024: Hurricane Milton, a major disaster declaration for hurricane. The county appears in 44 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Dixie County, and how much was paid?

916 NFIP claims since 1978, 735 of them paid, for $21M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Dixie County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Very Low" for overall risk, "Very Low" for expected annual loss, "Relatively Moderate" for social vulnerability and "Very Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Dixie County compare with the rest of Florida?

22.6 recorded events per 100 square miles against 73.8 statewide, and 53.6 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 20.6. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.