Natural hazards · Evadale

Evadale, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Evadale comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Evadale?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Evadale to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes10%Cold waves7%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Evadale faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Evadale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

Disasters that hit Evadale

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EvadaleDeclared for Jasper County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

15 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2024

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

3 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

8 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

162 households applied for aid $261K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $575 aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

277 households applied for aid $80K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

704 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Jasper County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Evadale 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 Evadale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Evadale. 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.