Natural hazards · Castroville

Castroville, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Castroville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2002. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Castroville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Castroville to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes7%Strong wind7%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Castroville faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 44 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Castroville flood?

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

7paid claims since 2002

$569Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 6 claims, $542K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Medina County.

Disasters that hit Castroville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CastrovilleDeclared for Medina County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

67 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

2007

Tropical Storm Erin

6 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$402K to the City of Castroville for repairs

Medina County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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