Natural hazards · Aurora

Aurora, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aurora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aurora?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aurora to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes16%Heat waves11%Wildfire10%Hail6%Cold waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Aurora 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

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Aurora flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wise County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Aurora

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AuroraDeclared for Wise County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

9 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $887 aid approved

Wise County has had 18 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. Aurora 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 Aurora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aurora. 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.