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Arlington, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arlington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 750 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Arlington?

51
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arlington to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes24%Hail17%Heat waves8%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Arlington faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Hail

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Arlington flood?

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

750paid claims since 1979
$22.0Mpaid to owners
68homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Early summer storms: 21 claims, $595K
  • Dallas Flash Floods: 9 claims, $397K
  • Late winter severe storms: 3 claims, $24K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (17) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 25% off flood insurance. Arlington is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 5) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Tarrant County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

51storm safe rooms built
12flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Arlington

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArlingtonDeclared for Tarrant County only
2021

Severe Winter Storms

7,216 households applied for aid $3.1M aid approved $58K to the City of Arlington for repairs
2017

Hurricane Harvey

3 households applied for aid $500 aid approved
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$546K to the City of Arlington for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

11 households applied for aid $55K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

$8K to the City of Arlington for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$3.7M to the City of Arlington for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$354K to the City of Arlington for repairs
Tarrant County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Arlington

Arlington and the towns around it

Fort Worth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGrand Prairie: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKennedale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMansfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBenbrook: High, mostly inland floodingRendon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEuless: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLakeside: Moderate, mostly inland floodingForest Hill: High, mostly inland floodingHaltom City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorthlake: Low, mostly inland floodingEverman: High, mostly inland floodingBurleson: Moderate, mostly tornadoesKeller: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCedar Hill: Moderate, mostly heat wavesDallas: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIrving: Moderate, mostly heat wavesMidlothian: Low, mostly inland floodingArlington: Moderate, mostly inland flooding ArlingtonFort WorthGrand PrairieKennedaleMansfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Grand Prairiemostly inland floodingModerate
Kennedalemostly inland floodingModerate
Arlingtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Mansfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Fort Worthmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Arlington covers 86 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Arlington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Arlington. 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 Arlington total about $113M 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.

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