On FEMA’s figures, Andrews faces more hazard damage per building than 81% of U.S. towns, led by river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Andrews gets a C− for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 81% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (48%), then hurricanes (44%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Andrews faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hurricanes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Andrews’ grade
River and rain flooding is 48% of the building damage FEMA expects in Andrews, and Andrews’ rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 62% of U.S. census tracts. Hurricanes add 44%, at a rate in the top 8% of U.S. census tracts.
C− higher expected damage per building than 81% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Andrews’ residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $247K a year in losses across Andrews: $158K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Andrews flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Andrews. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Andrews isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Levy County.The storms Andrews remembers
None of the 31 disasters declared for Levy County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Andrews itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Levy County has had 31 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 3 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Levy County, 1999–2026.
Andrews and its neighbors
Andrews is 2nd of the 3 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiefland | C−more damage than 78% | hurricanes | — |
| Andrews | C−more damage than 81% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Fanning Springs | C−more damage than 83% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Andrews faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Andrews
Is Andrews at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Andrews has higher expected damage per building than 81% of U.S. towns: C− for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (48%) and hurricanes (44%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Andrews in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Levy County, 29% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 4.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Andrews?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Andrews’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Andrews at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (48%), and Andrews’ rate for it is higher than 62% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Andrews.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Andrews’ residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.