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Natural hazards · Deport

Deport, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deport comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Deport?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Tornadoes29%Inland flooding26%Cold waves15%Ice storms7%Hail6%Heat waves6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Deport faces

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

Tornadoes

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Deport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Deport isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lamar County.
Disasters that hit Deport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeportDeclared for Lamar County only
2024

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

10 households applied for aid $97K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$19K to the City of Deport for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$6K to the City of Deport for repairs
Lamar County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Deport 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 Deport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Deport. 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.

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