Natural hazards · Abernathy

Abernathy, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abernathy comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Abernathy?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abernathy to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hail.

Drought73%Hail16%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Abernathy faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Drought

73% of expected damage

Recorded about 83 times a year in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingHurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Abernathy flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Abernathy.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Abernathy isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lubbock County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Abernathy

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Abernathy itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Abernathy.

Brought FEMA money into AbernathyDeclared for Lubbock County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

Lubbock County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Abernathy is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Abernathy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Abernathy. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.