Natural hazards · Cushing

Cushing, TX natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cushing to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes10%Strong wind8%Drought7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Cushing 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

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 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

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Cushing flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Cushing 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 Cushing

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CushingDeclared for Nacogdoches County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

52 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

2024

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

20 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

44 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

146 households applied for aid $98K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

167 households applied for aid $64K 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. Cushing 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 Cushing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cushing. 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.