Natural hazards · Centerville

Centerville, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centerville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Centerville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Centerville to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves36%Inland flooding23%Drought17%Tornadoes9%Hurricanes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Centerville faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Centerville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Leon County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Centerville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CentervilleDeclared for Leon County only

2024

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

91 households applied for aid $269K aid approved $10K to the City of Centerville for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

36 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

Leon County has had 24 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. Centerville 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 Centerville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Centerville. 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.