Natural hazards · Abram

Abram, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abram comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Abram?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abram to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes41%Cold waves29%Inland flooding15%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Abram faces

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

Hurricanes

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Abram flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Abram, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2020

$10Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Hanna: 1 claim, $10K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hidalgo County.

Disasters that hit Abram

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AbramDeclared for Hidalgo County only

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $867 aid approved

Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Abram

Abram and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Missionmostly hurricanesHigh

Palmviewmostly hurricanesHigh

Abrammostly hurricanesHigh

Penitasmostly hurricanesModerate

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. Abram covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Abram total about $989K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.