Lehigh Acres Flood Zones by Neighborhood

Flood zone decides two things for a buyer in Lehigh Acres: whether a lender will require flood insurance, and roughly what it costs. FEMA maps every parcel into a zone — X (and B/C) is low-to-moderate risk with no mandatory coverage; A-series zones (A, AE, AH, AO) are the Special Flood Hazard Area, the 1%-a-year floodplain, where coverage is mandatory with a federally backed mortgage. This page samples the listing addresses in each neighborhood against the current FEMA layer so you can see the pattern before you fall for a house.

Across 12 Lehigh Acres neighborhoods and 1,395 listing addresses checked against the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, 96% of addresses sit outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (Zone X), 4% are in A-series high-risk zones. 0 neighborhoods are majority high-risk; 10 sampled entirely outside the SFHA. In a high-risk zone, flood insurance is required with any federally backed mortgage and Florida’s Citizens policies now require it regardless of zone (all policies by 2027).

Lehigh Acres neighborhoods ranked by flood exposure

Share of sampled addresses by FEMA zone group. Sorted by high-risk share; n is the number of distinct addresses checked (minimum 8).

NeighborhoodOutside SFHA (X)A-series (high risk)V-series (coastal)Addresses
Lehigh Estates78%22%9
Lehigh Acres96%4%1247
Greenbriar100%0%35
Ibis Landing100%0%25
Savanna Lakes100%0%18
Pinewood Condominium100%0%12
Varsity Lakes100%0%9
Town Lakes100%0%8
Olympia Pointe100%0%8
Whispering Lakes100%0%8
Orange Grove Park100%0%8
Vistanna Villas100%0%8

Sampled entirely outside the flood hazard area

Greenbriar, Ibis Landing, Savanna Lakes, Pinewood Condominium, Varsity Lakes, Town Lakes, Olympia Pointe, Whispering Lakes, Orange Grove Park, Vistanna Villas.

How to read this

These are shares of listing addresses we have checked, not parcel counts, and FEMA revises maps; a neighborhood at 0% can still contain a low lot. Always verify the specific address at msc.fema.gov. Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, address-level lookups compiled by Momentum Research, September 2026.

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