Natural hazards · Anton

Anton, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Anton comes from hail, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2008. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Anton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Anton to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail39%Drought20%Tornadoes15%Inland flooding13%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Anton faces

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

Hail

39% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 86 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Anton flood?

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

3paid claims since 2008

$29Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hockley County.

Disasters that hit Anton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AntonDeclared for Hockley County only

2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$9K to the City of Anton for repairs

Hockley County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

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. Anton 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 Anton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Anton. 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.