Natural hazards · Cockrell Hill

Cockrell Hill, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cockrell Hill comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is low 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 Cockrell Hill?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cockrell Hill to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves45%Inland flooding17%Cold waves15%Tornadoes12%Hail9%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Cockrell Hill faces

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

Heat waves

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Cockrell Hill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dallas County.

Disasters that hit Cockrell Hill

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Cockrell HillDeclared for Dallas County only

2024

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

1 household applied for aid

Dallas County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Cockrell Hill covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cockrell Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cockrell Hill. 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 Cockrell Hill total about $954K 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.