Hillsborough County, Florida Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record

Name: Newest storm events on record for Hillsborough County, Florida
Creator: County Hazards
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This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 1,309 storm events on record for Hillsborough County, Florida, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

May 24 2026

The newest event on record is a tornado event on 24 May 2026.

FEMA has 47 disaster declarations on record for the county from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is DR-4834 of 11 Oct 2024.

OpenFEMA has 18,556 NFIP claims on record for the county from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026. The NFIP paid $1.2 billion on these claims.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
Zone (NWS Forecast Zone): A zone is a geographic area defined by the NWS for issuing forecasts, watches, and warnings. While zones often align with counties, they can also represent smaller or subdivided areas within a county to account for differences in weather conditions, such as elevation or proximity to water. Larger-scale events—such as heat, cold, drought, and winter storms—are typically recorded by zone.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.
This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.
It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026.

Since the last update: no change is on record for Hillsborough County. The site compares the agency data at each update. Updates of the data

The five hazards

Storm events on record for Hillsborough County by hazard and period (NCEI, through 30 Jun 2026)
Hazard	1950 to 2026	2000 to 2009	2010 to 2019	2020 to 2026	Newest event
Hail	287	93	28	7	2 Jun 2025
Tornado	149	12	15	5	24 May 2026
Flood	95	28	11	16	14 Jul 2025
Wind	485	91	100	26	18 Jan 2026
Winter	0	0	0	0	None on record
Other event types	293	Heat, cold, drought, wildfire, lightning, fog, tropical and other types
All storm events	1,309	363	212	65	24 May 2026

A hazard name opens the page of that hazard for the county. A hazard has a page from 10 events. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

Forecast zones with the name of the county give 146 of the 1,309 events. A county count has the events that NCEI gives to the county. It also has the events of a forecast zone that has the name of the county. A zone with another name counts for the state only.

Rates of Hillsborough County beside the total of the counties of Florida and of the United States
Measure	Hillsborough	All counties of Florida	All counties of the United States
Storm events for each 100 square miles, 1950 to 2026	128.0	67.3	49.3
Storm events for each 10,000 residents, 1950 to 2026	8.9	16.6	52.5
NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force, 2016 to 2025	213.2	191.4	185.3

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. The site gives a rate for each 10,000 residents only from 10,000 residents. Residents and area: Census Bureau, 2021.

Newest storm events on record

May 24 2026

TornadoEF0

1 mile WSW of TOWN N COUNTRY. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Jan 18 2026

Thunderstorm Wind49 mph (43 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles E of HOPEWELL. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind49 mph (43 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile NE of BRANDON. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Aug 8 2025

TornadoEF0

1 mile E of SEFFNER

Jul 14 2025

Heavy Rain

2 miles SSW of CORONET

Heavy Rain

1 mile ENE of TRAPNELL

Heavy Rain

1 mile E of CORONET

Flash Flood

1 mile SW of CORONET

Jun 11 2025

Flood

At PARKERS

Flood

1 mile W of TAMPA

Jun 2 2025

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile W of TAMPA VANDENBERG ARP

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile NE of SIX MILE CREEK

Thunderstorm Wind64 mph (56 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile S of TPA P O KNIGHT ARPT

Jul 12 2024

Flood

2 miles SE of (TPA)TAMPA INTL ARPT

Jun 22 2024

Thunderstorm Wind49 mph (43 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SE of CHAPMAN. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

May 14 2024

Thunderstorm Wind59 mph (51 knots, measured gust)

At (TPA)TAMPA INTL ARPT

Apr 11 2024

Thunderstorm Wind59 mph (51 knots, measured gust)

At (TPA)TAMPA INTL ARPT

Apr 3 2024

Thunderstorm Wind49 mph (43 knots, estimated gust)

3 miles W of KNIGHTS. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Mar 5 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile SW of PLANT CTY HILSBRO AR

Jan 9 2024

TornadoEF1

4 miles WSW of COSME. Damage estimate: $250 thousand

Aug 20 2023

Lightning

1 mile N of EAST LAKE-ORIENT PARK. Damage estimate: $25 thousand

Jun 4 2023

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles WNW of BRANCHTON

Apr 24 2023

Hail3.00 in, tea cup size

2 miles N of PLANT CTY HILSBRO AR

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles SSE of HILLSBOROUGH RIVER STATE

Dec 15 2022

Thunderstorm Wind49 mph (43 knots, measured gust)

2 miles WNW of CHAPMAN. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

The 25 events above are the newest in the NCEI record. A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. Wind speed is in miles per hour, with the knots that NCEI gives. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Download these events (CSV)

Storm events on record for Hillsborough County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	3	11
1960s	10	10	2	5	11	7	5	3	13	18	84
1970s	5	19	6	11	12	7	6	3	17	17	103
1980s	5	11	3	7	3	4	2	2	2	4	43
1990s	22	18	21	25	23	22	57	75	87	78	428
2000s	65	53	41	48	36	20	15	17	40	28	363
2010s	22	15	23	33	53	17	9	19	10	11	212
2020s	23	3	15	4	7	10	3 (part of the year)				65

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996. A count before 1996 has fewer event types.

FEMA disaster declarations

Oct 11 2024

FEMA has 47 disaster declarations on record for Hillsborough County from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is DR-4834: HURRICANE MILTON.

Disaster declarations that name Hillsborough County (OpenFEMA, through 1 Oct 2026)
Declared	Number	Type	Incident type	Title in the FEMA record	Assistance
11 Oct 2024	DR-4834	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE MILTON	Individual, Public
7 Oct 2024	EM-3622	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE MILTON	Public
28 Sep 2024	DR-4828	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE HELENE	Individual, Public
24 Sep 2024	EM-3615	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM HELENE	Public
10 Aug 2024	DR-4806	Major disaster	Tropical Storm	HURRICANE DEBBY	Individual, Public
3 Aug 2024	EM-3605	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM DEBBY	Public
31 Aug 2023	DR-4734	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IDALIA	Individual, Public
28 Aug 2023	EM-3596	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM IDALIA	Public
13 Dec 2022	DR-4680	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE NICOLE	Public
8 Nov 2022	EM-3587	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM NICOLE	Public
29 Sep 2022	DR-4673	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IAN	Individual, Public
24 Sep 2022	EM-3584	Emergency	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM IAN	Public
4 Jul 2021	EM-3561	Emergency	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM ELSA	Public
11 Nov 2020	EM-3551	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE ETA	Public
25 Mar 2020	DR-4486	Major disaster	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC	Individual, Public
13 Mar 2020	EM-3432	Emergency	Biological	COVID-19	Public
30 Aug 2019	EM-3419	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE DORIAN	Public
9 Oct 2018	EM-3405	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE MICHAEL	Public
10 Sep 2017	DR-4337	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA	Individual, Public
5 Sep 2017	EM-3385	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA	Public
28 Sep 2016	DR-4280	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE HERMINE	Individual
3 Jul 2012	DR-4068	Major disaster	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM DEBBY	Individual
21 Aug 2008	EM-3288	Emergency	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM FAY	Public
5 Sep 2005	EM-3220	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION	Public
26 Sep 2004	DR-1561	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE JEANNE	Individual, Public
4 Sep 2004	DR-1545	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE FRANCES	Individual, Public
13 Aug 2004	DR-1539	Major disaster	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM BONNIE AND HURRICANE CHARLEY	Public
18 Mar 2001	FM-2353	Fire management assistance	Fire	FL - LAKELAND COMPLEX FIRE	Public
5 Feb 2001	DR-1359	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE FREEZE	Individual
20 May 2000	FM-2300	Fire management assistance	Fire	LAKELAND DISTRICT FIRE	Public
15 Oct 1999	EM-3150	Emergency	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM IRENE - FLORIDA	Public
27 Apr 1999	EM-3139	Emergency	Fire	FL-FIRES 04/15/99	Public
21 Apr 1999	FM-2259	Fire management assistance	Fire	FL-FIRES 04/13/99	Public
25 Sep 1998	EM-3131	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE GRORGES	Public
18 Jun 1998	DR-1223	Major disaster	Fire	EXTREME FIRE HAZARD	Public
6 Jan 1998	DR-1195	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, HIGH WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING	Individual, Public
15 Oct 1996	DR-1141	Major disaster	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE	Individual
13 Mar 1993	DR-982	Major disaster	Tornado	TORNADOES, FLOODING, HIGH WINDS & TIDES, FREEZING	Individual, Public
8 Oct 1992	DR-966	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING	Individual
15 Jan 1990	DR-851	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE FREEZE	Individual
12 Sep 1985	DR-743	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE ELENA	Individual, Public
18 Mar 1985	DR-732	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE FREEZE	Individual
29 Sep 1979	DR-607	Major disaster	Flood	SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING	Individual
15 May 1979	DR-586	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING	Individual
31 Jan 1977	DR-526	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE WINTER WEATHER	Individual
23 Jun 1972	DR-337	Major disaster	Coastal Storm	TROPICAL STORM AGNES	Individual, Public
7 Nov 1968	DR-252	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE GLADYS	Individual, Public

DR is a major disaster declaration. EM is an emergency declaration. FM is a fire management assistance declaration. A declaration for the whole state is on the Florida page. What a disaster declaration is

The dataset includes declared recovery programs and geographic areas (county not available before 1964; Fire Management records are considered partial due to historical nature of the dataset).

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

Flood insurance claims (NFIP)

OpenFEMA has 18,556 NFIP claims on record for Hillsborough County from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026.

The NFIP paid $1,180,799,398 on 14,444 claims.

The county has 213.2 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 11,549 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 54,179 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.

NFIP claims in Hillsborough County by year of loss, 1978 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1970s									7	316	323
1980s	10	35	402	43	8	1,268	8	49	422	22	2,267
1990s	8	32	22	426	36	77	726	361	179	15	1,882
2000s	91	141	88	75	821	26	68	21	29	66	1,426
2010s	31	71	222	33	66	675	98	357	43	48	1,644
2020s	200	67	112	324	10,269	31	11 (part of the year)				11,014

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NFIP claims by year of loss with the amount paid: 49 years

NFIP claims in Hillsborough County by year of loss, with the amount paid (OpenFEMA, through 8 Sep 2026)
Year of loss	Claims	Claims with a payment	Amount paid
2026	11	not shown	not shown
2025	31	not shown	not shown
2024	10,269	9,049	$1,077,089,670
2023	324	267	$20,991,221
2022	112	36	$429,410
2021	67	23	$542,562
2020	200	139	$7,167,635
2019	48	13	$139,972
2018	43	10	$219,591
2017	357	182	$5,978,625
2016	98	33	$605,110
2015	675	481	$12,728,730
2014	66	36	$802,653
2013	33	14	$142,740
2012	222	119	$1,613,192
2011	71	31	$388,116
2010	31	7	$40,915
2009	66	33	$389,844
2008	29	11	$112,307
2007	21	7	$124,041
2006	68	44	$795,684
2005	26	7	$141,745
2004	821	602	$12,314,196
2003	75	41	$547,614
2002	88	48	$750,607
2001	141	83	$1,171,470
2000	91	46	$404,104
1999	15	5	$33,430
1998	179	86	$523,955
1997	361	218	$1,830,211
1996	726	610	$11,401,028
1995	77	34	$278,950
1994	36	11	$132,911
1993	426	282	$3,653,671
1992	22	7	$26,912
1991	32	23	$30,727
1990	8	0	$0
1989	22	11	$53,218
1988	422	234	$1,747,993
1987	49	12	$42,307
1986	8	not shown	not shown
1985	1,268	998	$12,778,251
1984	8	not shown	not shown
1983	43	10	$17,700
1982	402	298	$1,285,042
1981	35	15	$34,522
1980	10	not shown	not shown
1979	316	213	$725,277
1978	7	not shown	not shown

A year with fewer than 5 claims shows the count of claims and no amount. A year with 1 to 4 claims with a payment shows no amount either. Such an amount could point to one property. The amount is the sum of the building, contents and increased cost of compliance payments. FEMA counts 975 multiple-loss properties in the county (2 Aug 2026). How FEMA redacts NFIP claims

This dataset is not intended to be an official federal report, and should not be considered an official federal report.
Note, the County Code field may not reflect the individual county the property is located as projects can be associated with more than one county

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

FEMA cannot verify the quality and/or timeliness of any data or any analysis derived therefrom after the data has been retrieved from FEMA.gov.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Terms and Conditions, copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last updated 2025-01-22.

National Risk Index

Risk Index rating: Relatively High
Risk Index score: 98.8 of 100
Expected Annual Loss rating: Relatively High
Expected Annual Loss: $495 million
Social Vulnerability rating: Relatively Low
Community Resilience rating: Relatively Low

National Risk Index of Hillsborough County by hazard type (FEMA, December 2025 release)
Hazard type	Risk Index rating	Expected Annual Loss
Coastal flooding	Relatively High	$7,827,592
Cold wave	Very High	$54,432,044
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$1,122,494
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$734,733
Hail	Relatively High	$5,663,237
Heat wave	Relatively High	$9,428,466
Hurricane	Very High	$178,334,807
Inland flooding	Relatively High	$146,336,546
Landslide	Relatively Low	$3,722
Lightning	Very High	$8,088,363
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$1,442,074
Tornado	Very High	$76,813,948
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$4,351,483

The National Risk Index dataset leverages available source data for natural hazard and community risk factors to develop a baseline relative risk measurement for each United States county and Census tract.
The rating is a qualitative categorization that describes the community in comparison to all other communities at the same level, ranging from “Very Low” to “Very High.”
The National Risk Index data are meant for planning purposes only.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, National Risk Index Data: Frequently Asked Questions (December 2025, v1.20), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The labels and the ratings are those of FEMA. Expected Annual Loss is a figure for a whole county. It is not a figure for a property. How to read the National Risk Index

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks

The HURDAT2 record of the National Hurricane Center has 103 tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of the county, through the 2025 season. 17 of them were within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

Storm names, years and distances: 40 tracks

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of Hillsborough County (NHC HURDAT2)
Storm name	Year	Nearest point of the track	Highest wind within 100 miles
Milton	2024	37 miles	121 mph
Ian	2022	63 miles	155 mph
Nicole	2022	48 miles	63 mph
Elsa	2021	69 miles	63 mph
Eta	2020	68 miles	63 mph
Emily	2017	29 miles	58 mph
Irma	2017	24 miles	92 mph
Fay	2008	95 miles	69 mph
Barry	2007	80 miles	46 mph
Charley	2004	50 miles	150 mph
Frances	2004	15 miles	69 mph
Jeanne	2004	29 miles	86 mph
Gabrielle	2001	36 miles	69 mph
Gordon	2000	87 miles	75 mph
Erin	1995	36 miles	69 mph
Jerry	1995	50 miles	40 mph
Gordon	1994	81 miles	52 mph
Marco	1990	37 miles	63 mph
Keith	1988	43 miles	63 mph
Bob	1985	95 miles	46 mph
Isidore	1984	42 miles	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1982	61 miles	46 mph
Dennis	1981	87 miles	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1974	57 miles	63 mph
Abby	1968	49 miles	63 mph
Brenda	1968	89 miles	40 mph
Gladys	1968	52 miles	98 mph
Alma	1966	68 miles	104 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1966	43 miles	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1965	97 miles	46 mph
Cleo	1964	97 miles	52 mph
Donna	1960	50 miles	98 mph
Florence	1960	87 miles	46 mph
Judith	1959	83 miles	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1959	27 miles	46 mph
Hazel	1953	81 miles	86 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1953	79 miles	40 mph
How	1951	83 miles	63 mph
Easy	1950	27 miles	121 mph
King	1950	72 miles	81 mph

A name is the storm name that the National Hurricane Center gave. The distance is from the centre line of the track. It does not show how far the wind, the rain or the surge of a storm went.

ZIP Codes, cities and towns of Hillsborough County

Each ZIP Code below has a page with its NFIP claims by year. 13 more ZIP Codes have fewer than 5 claims and no page.

A city or town has no page of its own. This page is the record for the whole county, which has these places:

Apollo Beach
Balm
Bloomingdale
Brandon
Carrollwood
Cheval
Citrus Park
Dover
East Lake-Orient Park
Egypt Lake-Leto
Fish Hawk
Gibsonton
Keystone
Lake Magdalene
Lutz
Mango
Northdale
Palm River-Clair Mel
Pebble Creek
Plant City
Progress Village
Riverview
Ruskin
Seffner
Sun City Center
Tampa
Temple Terrace
Thonotosassa
Town 'n' Country
University
Valrico
Westchase
Wimauma

Official channels

FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.
National Weather Service: Tampa Bay Area, FL (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
Florida Division of Emergency Management (opens in a new tab)The emergency management agency of the state.
NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hillsborough County, Florida: storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record". https://countyhazards.com/county/fl/hillsborough/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Where the data comes from

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026.
Disaster declarations: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, read on 1 Oct 2026.
NFIP claims: OpenFEMA NFIP Claims, as of 8 Sep 2026. Multiple-loss properties: 2 Aug 2026. Policies in force: 3 Aug 2026.
National Risk Index: FEMA, December 2025 release. Storm tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through the 2025 season.
Residents, area, places and adjacent counties: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage.

How the counts are made · Corrections · Hazards in all states: hail, tornado, flood, wind, winter

Questions

How many tornado events are on record for Hillsborough County?: NCEI has 149 tornado events on record for Hillsborough County from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. 14 events have a rating of EF2 or F2, or a higher rating.
How large is the hail on record for Hillsborough County?: NCEI has 287 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. 39 events have a hail size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.
Which month has the most storm events on record for Hillsborough County?: July has 260 of the 1,309 storm events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many NFIP claims are there for each 1,000 policies in force in Hillsborough County?: The county has 213.2 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 11,549 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 54,179 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.