Natural hazards · Dodd

Dodd, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dodd comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Dodd?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dodd to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and tornadoes.

Drought47%Tornadoes17%Inland flooding12%Heat waves8%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Dodd faces

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

Drought

47% of expected damage

Recorded about 32 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Dodd flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fannin County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

19storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dodd

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DoddDeclared for Fannin County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

11 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

Fannin County has had 16 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. Dodd 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 Dodd’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dodd. 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.