Natural hazards · Channelview

Channelview, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Channelview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 414 claims here since 1978. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Channelview?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Channelview to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes22%Hurricanes21%Cold waves7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Channelview faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce 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 Channelview flood?

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

414paid claims since 1978

$11.7Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 85 claims, $4.2M
Tropical Storm Allison: 85 claims, $2.6M
Hurricane Ike: 30 claims, $1.9M

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harris County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

19flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Channelview

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChannelviewDeclared for Harris County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

4,988 households applied for aid $5.7M aid approved

2024

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

2,610 households applied for aid $2.7M aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

744 households applied for aid $394K aid approved

2019

Tropical Storm Imelda

50 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

2,862 households applied for aid $2.3M aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $50K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

50 households applied for aid $74K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

3,881 households applied for aid $2.4M aid approved

2007

Tropical Storm Erin

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

1,840 households applied for aid $711K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

Harris County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Channelview

Channelview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Houstonmostly inland floodingVery high

Channelviewmostly inland floodingHigh

Highlandsmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Channelview covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Channelview’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Channelview. 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 Channelview total about $17.0M 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.