Natural hazards · Corinth

Corinth, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corinth comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1990. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corinth?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corinth to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes40%Inland flooding36%Hail11%Heat waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Corinth faces

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

Tornadoes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 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 Corinth flood?

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

11paid claims since 1990

$51Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19902026

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. Corinth isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Denton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Corinth

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorinthDeclared for Denton County only

2024

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

70 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

199 households applied for aid $48K aid approved $61K to the City of Corinth for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

5 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid

Denton County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

Around Corinth

Corinth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Shady Shoresmostly inland floodingModerate

Corinthmostly tornadoesModerate

Dentonmostly tornadoesModerate

Lake Dallasmostly tornadoesLow

Hickory Creekmostly tornadoesLow

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. Corinth covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Corinth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Corinth. 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 Corinth total about $7.8M 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.