Natural hazards · Chireno

Chireno, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chireno comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Chireno?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chireno to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes11%Strong wind8%Heat waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Chireno 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

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Chireno flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nacogdoches County.

Disasters that hit Chireno

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChirenoDeclared for Nacogdoches County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

28 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2024

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

8 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

34 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

31 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

210 households applied for aid $124K aid approved

Nacogdoches County has had 22 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. Chireno 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 Chireno’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Chireno. 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.