Riskiest Counties for Strong Wind

Ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind hazard score · code SWND

Strong Wind risk reflects damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes. FEMA's National Risk Index scores each county's strong wind hazard from its expected annual loss, annualized event frequency, and exposed population. Monmouth County, New Jersey currently leads the nation with a strong wind score of 100.0 and $91M in expected annual loss. New Jersey, Florida, New York account for much of the highest-rated strong wind risk in this dataset.

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County Rankings

#CountyStateStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1Monmouth CountyNJ
100.0
Very High 5.81 / yr$91M
2Jackson CountyOK
100.0
Very High 4.09 / yr$44M
3Orange CountyFL
99.9
Very High 1.08 / yr$33M
4Polk CountyFL
99.9
Very High 1.00 / yr$25M
5Ocean CountyNJ
99.9
Very High 4.38 / yr$39M
6Lubbock CountyTX
99.8
Very High 2.21 / yr$17M
7Osceola CountyFL
99.8
Very High 0.94 / yr$27M
8Highlands CountyFL
99.8
Very High 0.57 / yr$13M
9Kings CountyNY
99.7
Very High 5.39 / yr$10M
10Queens CountyNY
99.7
Very High 5.39 / yr$10M
11Wayne CountyMI
99.7
Very High 5.10 / yr$13M
12Middlesex CountyNJ
99.7
Very High 6.95 / yr$14M
13Cook CountyIL
99.6
Very High 5.70 / yr$12M
14Atlantic CountyNJ
99.6
Very High 4.18 / yr$15M
15Mecosta CountyMI
99.6
Very High 2.30 / yr$11M
16New York CountyNY
99.5
Very High 5.39 / yr$8M
17Douglas CountyNE
99.5
Very High 4.34 / yr$16M
18Mercer CountyNJ
99.5
Very High 7.02 / yr$13M
19Tulsa CountyOK
99.4
Very High 6.75 / yr$11M
20Dakota CountyMN
99.4
Very High 4.75 / yr$19M
21Stone CountyMO
99.4
Very High 5.96 / yr$10M
22Harris CountyTX
99.3
Very High 1.52 / yr$8M
23Bronx CountyNY
99.3
Very High 5.39 / yr$6M
24Hardee CountyFL
99.3
Very High 0.76 / yr$10M
25DuPage CountyIL
99.2
Very High 5.78 / yr$11M

Showing the top 25 seeded counties for strong wind risk.

Strong Wind Risk by State

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