Fronton’s biggest natural hazard is cold waves
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fronton comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Fronton’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
What Fronton faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Cold waves
Inland flooding
Wildfire
Does Fronton flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Fronton. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Fronton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Starr County.How exposed is Fronton?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.
Calmer than 1,139 of the 1,859 Texas towns we cover.
Fronton is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Fronton
Disasters that paid out in Fronton itself (aid to households or repair grants to Fronton) and its biggest flood years.
- 2007Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding1 household applied for aid
Starr County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
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Add to the Fronton archive →Get ready for what Fronton actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Most disasters here begin in July–September
The month each of Starr County’s 19 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Fronton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fronton.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Fronton.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.