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Volusia 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 12127 · 564,412 residents (2021) · 1,101 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 189Tornado · 106Flood · 29Wind · 248Winter · 2

Volusia 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 688 storm events in Volusia County, Florida, led by damaging wind.

That is 62.5 events per 100 square miles, in line with the Florida figure of 73.8, and 12.2 per 10,000 residents against 18.2 statewide.

7 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 29 deaths and 161 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $2.2B and crop damage at $3.5M.

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 12,577 claims since 1978, of which 9,606 were paid, totalling $582M (about $61K per paid claim). FEMA counts 25,185 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively High" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively High" ($196M a year across 18 hazards).

112 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 10 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

7events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

688events since 195029 deaths, 161 injuries recorded

44disaster declarationslast 11 Oct 2024

12,577NFIP flood claims$582M paid

Compared with Florida and the United States

Measure	Volusia County	Florida	US
Recorded events since 1950	688	39,578	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	62.5	73.8	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	12.2	18.2	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	7	1,307	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	29	890	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$2.2B	$80B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	22.3	20.6	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$61K	$62K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	32.1	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: 3

Hail: 1Tornado: 10Wind: 7

Hail: 8Tornado: 27Wind: 16

Hail: 14Tornado: 16Wind: 26

Hail: 41Tornado: 23Flood: 1Wind: 73Tropical: 2Heat: 1Wildfire: 1Lightning: 4Other: 4

Hail: 66Tornado: 12Flood: 10Wind: 64Winter: 1Tropical: 8Cold: 2Lightning: 19Other: 8

Hail: 31Tornado: 8Flood: 5Wind: 47Winter: 1Tropical: 8Cold: 4Wildfire: 2Lightning: 11Other: 14

Hail: 28Tornado: 7Flood: 13Wind: 15Tropical: 6Heat: 1Lightning: 4Fog: 1Other: 14

31950s181960s511970s561980s1501990s1902000s1312010s892020s

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

Trend: 288 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 290 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

Wind248

Hail189

Tornado106

Other40

Lightning38

Flood29

Tropical24

Cold6

Wildfire3

Winter2

Heat2

Fog1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	248	2	1.6%	detail
■ Hail	189	—	3.3%	detail
■ Tornado	106	2	2.8%	detail
■ Other	40	—	1.4%
■ Lightning	38	7	2.1%
■ Flood	29	5	0.9%	detail
■ Tropical	24	9	1.1%
■ Cold	6	—	0.5%
■ Wildfire	3	—	0.6%
■ Winter	2	—	1.3%
■ Heat	2	1	0.7%
■ Fog	1	3	0.1%

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
6 Oct 2016	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$514M	—	5	—	Forecast zone
28 Sep 2022	Flood	Flood	—	$340M	—	4	—	County
3 Mar 2022	Dense Fog	Fog	—	—	—	3	10	Forecast zone
13 Aug 2004	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$52M	—	2	—	Forecast zone
10 Sep 2017	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$332M	—	1	—	Forecast zone
19 May 2009	Flood	Flood	—	$69M	—	1	—	County
22 Feb 1998	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$4.0M	—	1	3	County
24 Jun 2016	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	2	County
22 Aug 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	30 mph	—	—	1	1	County
22 Jul 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	40 mph	—	—	1	1	County
23 Feb 1998	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$1.0M	—	1	—	County
21 Aug 2008	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	—	$40K	1	—	Forecast zone
1 Jun 1998	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
3 Aug 2002	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
26 Jun 2015	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
9 Jun 2019	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
19 Jul 2022	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
22 May 2023	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
20 Jun 2025	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
2 Feb 2007	Tornado	Tornado	EF3	$52M	—	—	42	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	Individual assistance, Public assistance
7 Oct 2024	EM-3622	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Milton	Public assistance
10 Aug 2024	DR-4806	Major disaster	Tropical Storm	Hurricane Debby	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	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	Individual assistance, 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	Individual assistance, Public assistance
24 Sep 2022	EM-3584	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Ian	Public assistance
1 Aug 2020	EM-3533	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Isaias	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
21 Oct 2019	DR-4468	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Dorian	Public assistance
30 Aug 2019	EM-3419	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Dorian	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
8 Oct 2016	DR-4283	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Matthew	Individual assistance, Public assistance
6 Oct 2016	EM-3377	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Matthew	Public assistance
27 May 2009	DR-1840	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	Individual assistance, Public assistance
21 Aug 2008	EM-3288	Emergency	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Fay	Public assistance
2 May 2007	FM-2687	Fire management assistance	Fire	Deland Fire Complex	Public assistance
8 Feb 2007	DR-1680	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance
3 Feb 2007	DR-1679	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
15 May 2006	FM-2638	Fire management assistance	Fire	Volusia Fire Complex	Public assistance
5 Sep 2005	EM-3220	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	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	Individual 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
5 Feb 2001	DR-1359	Major disaster	Freezing	Severe Freeze	Individual assistance
20 Oct 1999	DR-1306	Major disaster	Hurricane	Fl-Hurricane Irene-Dr-Req	Individual assistance, Public assistance
15 Oct 1999	EM-3150	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Irene - Florida	Public assistance
22 Sep 1999	DR-1300	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations	Public assistance
14 Sep 1999	EM-3143	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Floyd Emergency Declarations	Public 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
28 Nov 1994	DR-1043	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Gordon Tornadoes Flooding Rainfall	Individual assistance
13 Mar 1993	DR-982	Major disaster	Tornado	Tornadoes, Flooding, High Winds & Tides, Freezing	Individual assistance, Public assistance
15 Jan 1990	DR-851	Major disaster	Freezing	Severe Freeze	Individual assistance
15 May 1979	DR-586	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance
31 Jan 1977	DR-526	Major disaster	Freezing	Severe Winter Weather	Individual 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 Volusia County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 197812,577

Paid claims9,606

Total paid$582M

Average paid claim$61K

Repetitive-loss properties1,605200 severe

Residential policies in force25,18511.1% of 226,141 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	8	0	$0	—
2025	39	28	$913,211	$32,615
2024	2,860	2,623	$194,615,601	$74,196
2023	47	23	$647,167	$28,138
2022	4,067	3,366	$270,466,576	$80,353
2021	26	11	$222,436	$20,221
2020	33	17	$422,137	$24,832
2019	14	9	$111,915	$12,435
2018	19	6	$178,877	$29,813
2017	981	770	$53,905,801	$70,008
2016	467	223	$9,236,181	$41,418
2015	5	1	$29,678	$29,678
2014	104	67	$1,059,673	$15,816
2013	28	11	$93,842	$8,531
2012	22	5	$22,069	$4,414
2011	26	9	$42,913	$4,768
2010	5	0	$0	—
2009	723	597	$14,050,413	$23,535
2008	265	177	$8,790,760	$49,665
2007	7	2	$29,198	$14,599
2006	5	2	$24,073	$12,036
2005	40	25	$695,412	$27,816
2004	1,205	796	$19,766,922	$24,833
2003	39	23	$281,162	$12,224
2002	16	6	$62,835	$10,472

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 riskRelatively Highscore 96.2 of 100

Expected annual loss$196MRelatively High

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Moderate

Community resilienceRelatively Moderate

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Hurricane	Very High	$86,969,475
Inland flooding	Relatively High	$66,915,386
Tornado	Relatively High	$23,627,358
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$4,636,418
Lightning	Very High	$4,588,423
Coastal flooding	Relatively High	$3,375,603
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$1,836,738
Strong wind	Relatively High	$1,587,960
Cold wave	Relatively Low	$1,344,324
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$634,165
Hail	Relatively Low	$150,039
Drought	Relatively Low	$28,428
Landslide	Very Low	$1,801

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 miles112

Tracks within 50 miles38

Hurricane strength within 50 miles10

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Milton	2024	67 mi	81 mph
Ian	2022	57 mi	75 mph
Nicole	2022	78 mi	63 mph
Isaias	2020	76 mi	69 mph
Eta	2020	92 mi	46 mph
Dorian	2019	99 mi	104 mph
Irma	2017	86 mi	75 mph
Julia	2016	5 mi	52 mph
Matthew	2016	52 mi	121 mph
Beryl	2012	77 mi	69 mph
Fay	2008	17 mi	63 mph
Ernesto	2006	52 mi	52 mph
Ophelia	2005	98 mi	63 mph
Tammy	2005	34 mi	52 mph
Charley	2004	71 mi	86 mph
Frances	2004	93 mi	69 mph
Jeanne	2004	87 mi	86 mph
Edouard	2002	24 mi	40 mph
Gabrielle	2001	35 mi	52 mph
Irene	1999	83 mi	75 mph
Erin	1995	74 mi	58 mph
Jerry	1995	60 mi	40 mph
Chris	1988	92 mi	46 mph
Keith	1988	80 mi	46 mph
Bob	1985	52 mi	69 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

32127 1,724
32119 1,702
32114 1,552
32168 1,474
32174 919
32169 839
32129 756
32117 664
32118 606
32176 592
32725 215
32141 198
32132 168
32128 154
32738 147
32720 135
32713 132
32764 90
32724 81
32124 64
32759 37
32763 34
32019 14
32069 12
32190 11
32115 9
32130 5
32744 5

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 Volusia County, FL?

NCEI records 189 hail events in Volusia County since 1950, in 49 different years; that is about 2.5 recorded events a year. 29 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Volusia County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 106 tornadoes in Volusia County since 1950, 16 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 2.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Volusia 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 Volusia County, and how much was paid?

12,577 NFIP claims since 1978, 9,606 of them paid, for $582M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

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

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

How does Volusia County compare with the rest of Florida?

62.5 recorded events per 100 square miles against 73.8 statewide, and 22.3 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.