Hurricane Hermine
NFIP flood claims
- Florida is the only state listed, with 100.0% of the storm’s paid claims.
- By paid claims (1,861), Hurricane Hermine is the 16th lowest of 42 named storms covered here, and the 10th highest of 42 by median paid claim in 2024 dollars.
- Citrus County, FL alone accounts for 42.8% of the storm’s paid claims, followed by Pasco County, FL and Hernando County, FL.
- In 2024 dollars (CPI-U), its median paid claim, $40,225, is 58.9% above the middle value of the storm medians ($25,316).
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipClaims (v3, data as of 2026-09-09, retrieved 2026-10-12); CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items (CUUR0000SA0), annual average (BLS Public Data API v1, annual averages 2005-2025, retrieved 2026-10-12). Not an official federal report.
Landfall and storm report
The National Hurricane Center’s HURDAT2 best track of Hurricane Hermine (AL092016, retrieved 2026-10-12) records 1 landfall, in or near a US county. It came on 2016-09-02 at 05:30 UTC, as a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 70 kt: HURDAT2 position 30.1N 84.1W, rounded to 0.1°; county containing or nearest it: Wakulla County, FL.
| Date | Time (UTC) | Position | Strength | Wind (kt) | Pressure (mb) | County containing or nearest the position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-02 | 05:30 | 30.1N 84.1W | category 1 hurricane | 70 | 981 | Wakulla County, FL |
National Hurricane Center report
From the NHC Tropical Cyclone Report on Hurricane Hermine (retrieved 2026-10-12):
“Hermine was a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) that made landfall along the sparsely populated Big Bend coast of Florida just east of St. Marks.”
“Hermine was the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Wilma in 2005.”
NFIP paid building claims in Hurricane Hermine
NFIP claims: amounts paid, not repair cost. Window: event: Hurricane Hermine, year of loss 2016; 1,861 paid claims; median $30,776, half of them between $12,203 (Q1) and $51,975 (Q3), in nominal dollars. Median in 2024 dollars (CPI-U): $40,225, a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Paid claims by year of loss
| Year of loss | Paid claims |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,861 |
Paid claims by state
| State | Paid claims | Median paid |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1,861 | $30,776 |
Counties with the most paid claims
| County | FIPS | Paid claims |
|---|---|---|
| Citrus County | 12017 | 797 |
| Pasco County | 12101 | 339 |
| Hernando County | 12053 | 195 |
| Levy County | 12075 | 117 |
| Pinellas County | 12103 | 108 |
Questions about Hurricane Hermine flood claims
How many flood insurance claims were paid after Hurricane Hermine?
1,861 NFIP building claims carrying FEMA’s Hurricane Hermine event label were paid (event: Hurricane Hermine, year of loss 2016), with a median of $30,776; half of them fall between $12,203 and $51,975. These are amounts paid, not repair cost.
Which counties had the most Hurricane Hermine flood claims?
Citrus County, FL (797), Pasco County, FL (339) and Hernando County, FL (195), across 1 state listed.
What is the median Hurricane Hermine flood claim in 2024 dollars?
$40,225 once each claim is adjusted with the CPI-U, against $30,776 in nominal dollars: a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Related tools
Paid claims of Hurricane Hermine are not repair estimates: to estimate the cleanup of a flooded basement from published cost-guide rates, use the basement water damage repair cost calculator; for water removal and drying after any water loss, the water damage and mitigation calculator.
To set these figures against every State on one claims window, amounts paid, not repair cost: NFIP paid building claims by state.
Before using these figures
A storm total counts NFIP-insured buildings with a paid claim, not all the damage of the storm. Method and limits.
Source and notice
- Storm = floodEvent "Hurricane Hermine" with yearOfLoss 2016; window of the extraction: yearOfLoss 2005-2025.
This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).