Natural hazards · Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ivanhoe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Ivanhoe?

62
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ivanhoe to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes29%Tornadoes12%Cold waves9%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Ivanhoe 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

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Ivanhoe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Ivanhoe isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Tyler County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

14storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Ivanhoe

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IvanhoeDeclared for Tyler County only
2024

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

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

6 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Harvey

$130K to the City of Ivanhoe for repairs
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $53K to the City of Ivanhoe for repairs
2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid
Tyler County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.
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. Ivanhoe 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 Ivanhoe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ivanhoe. 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.

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