Natural hazards · Hallettsville

Hallettsville, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hallettsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 83 claims here since 1981. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hallettsville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hallettsville to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves12%Hurricanes9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hallettsville faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Hallettsville flood?

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

83paid claims since 1981

$987Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 2 claims, $20K
Torrential rain: 1 claim, $14K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lavaca County.

Disasters that hit Hallettsville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HallettsvilleDeclared for Lavaca County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

94 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

166 households applied for aid $78K aid approved $34K to the City of Hallettsville for repairs

Lavaca County has had 15 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. Hallettsville 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 Hallettsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hallettsville. 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.