Aguas Buenas Municipio, Puerto Rico: hazard risk

FEMA rates Aguas Buenas Municipio's overall risk unrated. Its storm record holds 217 events since 1950.

FEMA's rating for each hazard

These are FEMA's county-wide model ratings and this county's storm record. They are not an assessment of any property, address or building, and not insurance advice: a property's risk depends on its own elevation, construction and location.

FEMA gives each hazard its own rating, and a rating does not follow the score from one hazard to the next: a hazard with a higher score can carry a lower rating than another. The table sorts by FEMA's rating, then by score (0 to 100, the county against every other county for that hazard).

National Risk Index (December 2025), Aguas Buenas Municipio, by FEMA's rating, then score
HazardRisk ratingScoreExpected annual loss
Droughtnot rated$0
Earthquakenot rated$4.0M
Hailnot rated$379
Hurricanenot rated$8.6M
Heat Wavenot rated$0
Riverine Floodingnot rated$1.5M
Landslidenot rated$5.2M
Lightningnot rated$385K
Strong Windnot rated$261
Tornadonot rated$15K
Volcanic Activitynot rated$580

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. A model of future loss, not a count of past events. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

What the record holds

Storm records by hazard, with the county's rank by days with a record per 1,000 sq mi over each hazard's complete period
HazardRecordsDeathsDamageRank in stateRank in U.S.
Floods757$1.0B
Landslides and avalanches720$6.6M
Hurricanes and tropical storms280$2.8M
Heavy rain230$30K
Drought50–
Severe thunderstorm wind40$43K
Heat30–
High wind and dust storms30$32K
Lightning10$8K

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026-06-30; damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.

The full Aguas Buenas Municipio record: every hazard by year and month, the deadliest events and FEMA's declarations.

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