Natural hazards · Grapevine

Grapevine, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grapevine comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 47 claims here since 1982. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grapevine?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grapevine to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding43%Hail24%Tornadoes22%Heat waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Grapevine faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Grapevine flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Grapevine, from FEMA’s records.

47paid claims since 1982

$1.3Mpaid to owners

10homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Early summer storms: 1 claim, $57K
Tropical Storm Bill: 1 claim, $20K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tarrant County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Grapevine

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrapevineDeclared for Tarrant County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

400 households applied for aid $92K aid approved $25K to the City of Grapevine for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$321K to the City of Grapevine for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $371K to the City of Grapevine for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

2 households applied for aid

Tarrant County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Grapevine

Grapevine and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Coppellmostly inland floodingHigh

Eulessmostly inland floodingModerate

Southlakemostly inland floodingModerate

Colleyvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Flower Moundmostly inland floodingModerate

Lewisvillemostly tornadoesModerate

Grapevinemostly inland floodingModerate

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. Grapevine covers 13 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grapevine’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Grapevine. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Grapevine total about $18.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.