Natural hazards · Deweyville

Deweyville, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deweyville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Deweyville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Deweyville to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding40%Hurricanes32%Tornadoes10%Lightning5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Deweyville 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 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Deweyville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Deweyville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Newton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

93flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Deweyville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeweyvilleDeclared for Newton County only

2024

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

10 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

187 households applied for aid $974K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

338 households applied for aid $5.1M aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

196 households applied for aid $79K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

701 households applied for aid $2.2M aid approved

Newton County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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