Natural hazards · Boling

Boling, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boling comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boling?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boling to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding25%Cold waves15%Tornadoes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Boling faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Boling flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wharton County.

Disasters that hit Boling

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BolingDeclared for Wharton County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

335 households applied for aid $423K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

58 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

344 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $283 aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Wharton County has had 21 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. Boling 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 Boling’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Boling. 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.