Natural hazards · Del Rio

Del Rio, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Del Rio comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 112 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Del Rio?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Del Rio to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Del Rio faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Del Rio flood?

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

112paid claims since 1979

$3.2Mpaid to owners

12homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Early summer storms: 2 claims, $39K

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

Insurance rates: Val Verde County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

214flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Del Rio

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Del RioDeclared for Val Verde County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

482 households applied for aid $381K aid approved $93K to the City of Del Rio for repairs

2010

Hurricane Alex

100 households applied for aid $355K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

$15K to the City of Del Rio for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$8K to the City of Del Rio for repairs

1998

Tropical Storm Charley

$1.5M to the City of Del Rio for repairs

Val Verde County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and hurricanes.

Around Del Rio

Del Rio and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Del Riomostly inland floodingLow

Val Verde Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Cienegas Terracemostly inland floodingVery low

Laughlin AFBmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Del Rio covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Del Rio’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Del Rio. 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 Del Rio total about $14.4M 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.