Natural hazards · Glidden

Glidden, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glidden comes from inland flooding, 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 Glidden?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glidden to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes21%Cold waves20%Tornadoes13%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Glidden 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 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 24 years 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 Glidden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Colorado County.

Disasters that hit Glidden

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GliddenDeclared for Colorado County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

11 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

12 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Colorado County has had 16 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. Glidden 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 Glidden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Glidden. 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.