Natural hazards · Converse

Converse, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Converse comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Converse?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Converse to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes21%Hail10%Heat waves7%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Converse faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Converse flood?

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

17paid claims since 1978

$360Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 1 claim, $126K
Tropical Storm Imelda: 1 claim, $119K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bexar County.

Disasters that hit Converse

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConverseDeclared for Bexar County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

671 households applied for aid $287K aid approved

2007

Tropical Storm Erin

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Converse for repairs

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$59K to the City of Converse for repairs

Bexar County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Converse

Converse and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Universal Citymostly inland floodingHigh

Conversemostly inland floodingHigh

Schertzmostly inland floodingModerate

San Antoniomostly inland floodingModerate

Randolph AFBmostly inland floodingModerate

Live Oakmostly inland floodingLow

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. Converse covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Converse’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Converse. 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 Converse total about $8.5M 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.