Natural hazards · Edom

Edom, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edom comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edom?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edom to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding37%Tornadoes18%Cold waves16%Strong wind8%Heat waves8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Edom faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Edom flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Van Zandt County.

Disasters that hit Edom

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdomDeclared for Van Zandt County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Van Zandt County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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