Natural hazards · Kenefick

Kenefick, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenefick comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2017. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kenefick?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenefick to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes30%Inland flooding24%Hurricanes23%Cold waves9%Lightning6%Heat waves5%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Kenefick faces

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

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 68 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Kenefick flood?

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

4paid claims since 2017

$181Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 2 claims, $100K
Texas Spring Flooding: 2 claims, $81K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Liberty County.

Disasters that hit Kenefick

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KenefickDeclared for Liberty County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

1 household applied for aid $750 aid approved

2024

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

1 household applied for aid $13K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

1 household applied for aid

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Rita

13 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $6K to the Town of Kenefick for repairs

2001

Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001

$36K to the Town of Kenefick for repairs

Liberty County has had 31 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. Kenefick 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 Kenefick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kenefick. 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.