Natural hazards · Friona

Friona, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Friona comes from drought, 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 Friona?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Friona to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Friona faces

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

Drought

87% of expected damage

Recorded about 97 times a year in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Friona flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Parmer County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Friona

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FrionaDeclared for Parmer County only

2015

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

$84K to the City of Friona for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$11K to the City of Friona for repairs

Parmer County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Friona 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 Friona’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Friona. 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.