Natural hazards · Crane

Crane, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crane comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2002.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crane?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crane to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding40%Hail16%Strong wind12%Tornadoes9%Heat waves7%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Crane faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Crane flood?

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

3paid claims since 2002

$253Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $10K
Heavy rains: 1 claim, $39K
Hurricane Harvey: 1 claim, $205K

Disasters that hit Crane

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Crane County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Crane itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CraneDeclared for Crane County only

Crane County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and hurricanes.

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. Crane 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 Crane’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Crane. 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.