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Natural hazards · Bayview

Bayview, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bayview comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1981. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bayview?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bayview to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes55%Inland flooding19%Cold waves17%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Bayview faces

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

Hurricanes

55% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bayview flood?

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

9paid claims since 1981
$106Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19812026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Dolly: 4 claims, $68K
  • Hurricane Chantel: 1 claim, $3K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bayview isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cameron County.
Disasters that hit Bayview

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BayviewDeclared for Cameron County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2015

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

1 household applied for aid
2010

Hurricane Alex

$1K to the Town of Bayview for repairs
2008

Hurricane Dolly

38 households applied for aid $40K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

3 households applied for aid
Cameron County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
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. Bayview 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 Bayview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bayview. 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.

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