Tavares Flood Zones by Neighborhood

Flood zone decides two things for a buyer in Tavares: 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 21 Tavares neighborhoods and 283 listing addresses checked against the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, 98% of addresses sit outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (Zone X), 2% are in A-series high-risk zones. 0 neighborhoods are majority high-risk; 17 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).

Tavares 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).

Sampled entirely outside the flood hazard area

Avalon Park, Royal Harbor, Cresswind At Lake Harris, Seasons At Waterstone, Tavares Imperial Mobile Terrace, tavares groves at baytree, Lake Frances Estates, Tavares Lake Frances Estates, Oak Bend, Leela Reserve, Hamlets, Old Mill Run, Tavares Martins Grove, Tavares Chelsea Oaks South, Tavares Vista Del Largo Water Plant Site, Tavares Lakewood Park, Tavares Fox Run Mobile Home.

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.