Natural hazards · Hornsby Bend

Hornsby Bend, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hornsby Bend comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2015.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hornsby Bend?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hornsby Bend to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes27%Heat waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Hornsby Bend faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Hornsby Bend flood?

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

1paid claims since 2015

$18Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

Fall severe storms: 1 claim, $18K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Travis County.

Disasters that hit Hornsby Bend

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Travis County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Hornsby Bend itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Hornsby BendDeclared for Travis County only

Travis County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Hornsby Bend covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hornsby Bend’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hornsby Bend. 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 Hornsby Bend total about $3.4M 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.