Natural hazards · Dime Box

Dime Box, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dime Box comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dime Box?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dime Box to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves38%Inland flooding19%Drought16%Tornadoes11%Hurricanes7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Dime Box faces

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

Cold waves

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 64 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Dime Box flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lee County.

Disasters that hit Dime Box

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Dime BoxDeclared for Lee County only

2017

Hurricane Harvey

24 households applied for aid $71K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid

Lee County has had 17 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. Dime Box 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 Dime Box’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dime Box. 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.