Natural hazards · Jacksboro

Jacksboro, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jacksboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1999. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jacksboro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jacksboro to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes22%Heat waves15%Strong wind8%Hail6%Wildfire5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Jacksboro faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Jacksboro flood?

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

1paid claims since 1999

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jack County.

Disasters that hit Jacksboro

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksboroDeclared for Jack County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$2K to the City of Jacksboro for repairs

Jack County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

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. Jacksboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jacksboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jacksboro. 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 Jacksboro total about $1.5M 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.