Natural hazards · Groveton

Groveton, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Groveton comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Groveton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Groveton to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves39%Inland flooding22%Hurricanes14%Tornadoes9%Strong wind7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Groveton faces

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

Cold waves

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Groveton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Trinity County.

Disasters that hit Groveton

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrovetonDeclared for Trinity County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

226 households applied for aid $131K aid approved $66K to the City of Groveton for repairs

2024

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

62 households applied for aid $107K aid approved $74K to the City of Groveton for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

69 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

354 households applied for aid $53K aid approved $30K to the City of Groveton for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

647 households applied for aid $384K aid approved $55K to the City of Groveton for repairs

2001

Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001

$6K to the City of Groveton for repairs

Trinity County has had 22 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. Groveton 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 Groveton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Groveton. 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.