Natural hazards · Barksdale

Barksdale, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barksdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barksdale?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barksdale to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Drought10%Wildfire8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Barksdale faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 148 times a year in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Barksdale flood?

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

Disasters that hit Barksdale

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Edwards County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Barksdale itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BarksdaleDeclared for Edwards County only

Edwards County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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