On FEMA’s figures, Broadview Park faces more hazard damage per building than 77% of U.S. towns, led by river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Broadview Park gets a C− for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 77% of U.S. towns, #283 of 638 in Florida. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (50%), then hurricanes (50%). Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1979.
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 Broadview Park 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 Broadview Park’s grade
River and rain flooding is 50% of the building damage FEMA expects in Broadview Park, and Broadview Park’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 58% of U.S. census tracts. Hurricanes add 50%, at a rate in the top 7% of U.S. census tracts.
C− #283 of 638 in Florida; higher expected damage per building than 77% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Broadview Park’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
The typical Florida town has higher expected damage than 79% of U.S. towns; within the state, Broadview Park has less expected damage per building than 56% of Florida towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.2M a year in losses across Broadview Park: $934K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Broadview Park flood? Sometimes: 15 flood claims since 1979
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Broadview Park, from FEMA’s records: 5.8 per 1,000 homes, more than 63% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
- The April Florida Flooding2 claims · $132K
- Hurricane Wilma1 claim · $15K
- The June South Florida Flooding1 claim · $9K
Broadview Park isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Broward County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Broadview Park
Disasters that paid out in Broadview Park itself (aid to households or repair grants to Broadview Park), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2017Hurricane Irma40 households applied for aid$6K aid approved1 flood claim paid for it, $69K
Broward County has had 32 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 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Broward County, 1999–1999.
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Broadview Park has the lowest expected damage per building of the 3 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview Park | C−more damage than 77% | river and rain flooding | 15 |
| Plantation | C−more damage than 78% | river and rain flooding | 548 |
| Davie | Dmore damage than 89% | river and rain flooding | 589 |
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 Broadview Park 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Broadview Park
Is Broadview Park at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Broadview Park has higher expected damage per building than 77% of U.S. towns: C− for hazard risk, #283 of 638 in Florida. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (50%) and hurricanes (50%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Broadview Park flood?
Flood insurance has paid 15 claims in Broadview Park since 1979, $406K in all, or 5.8 per 1,000 homes, more than 63% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record. The most claims came from April Florida Flooding (2).
Is Broadview Park 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 Broward County, 76% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 19.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Broadview Park?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Broadview Park’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Broadview Park?
By FEMA money that reached Broadview Park, Hurricane Irma (2017): 40 households applied for aid, $6K approved. By flood claims, April Florida Flooding: 2 paid, $132K.
Is Broadview Park at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (50%), and Broadview Park’s rate for it is higher than 58% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Broadview Park.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Broadview Park’s 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.