Natural hazards · Batesville

Batesville, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Batesville comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2003. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Batesville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Batesville to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought43%Inland flooding41%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Batesville faces

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

Drought

43% of expected damage

Recorded about 130 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Batesville flood?

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

3paid claims since 2003

$207Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

Biggest named events

2026-07-Texas-Flooding: 2 claims, $195K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Zavala County.

Disasters that hit Batesville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BatesvilleDeclared for Zavala County only

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

88 households applied for aid $56K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

184 households applied for aid $324K aid approved

Zavala County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. Batesville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Batesville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Batesville. 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 Batesville total about $1.3M 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.