Natural hazards · Kennedale

Kennedale, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kennedale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1989. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kennedale?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kennedale to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes21%Hail17%Heat waves7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Kennedale faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Hail

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Kennedale flood?

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

17paid claims since 1989

$118Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Thunderstorms: 1 claim, $7K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tarrant County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Kennedale

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KennedaleDeclared for Tarrant County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

119 households applied for aid $55K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Tarrant County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Kennedale

Kennedale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Forest Hillmostly inland floodingHigh

Kennedalemostly inland floodingModerate

Arlingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Fort Worthmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Kennedale covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kennedale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kennedale. 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 Kennedale total about $3.1M 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.