Natural hazards · Childress

Childress, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Childress comes from strong winds, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Childress?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Childress to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from strong winds.

Strong wind47%Inland flooding14%Tornadoes13%Hail12%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Childress faces

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

Strong wind

47% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Hail

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Childress flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Childress County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

26storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Childress

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChildressDeclared for Childress County only

2015

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

$2K to the City of Childress for repairs

Childress County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

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. Childress covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Childress’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Childress. 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 Childress total about $2.5M 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.