Natural hazards · La Feria

La Feria, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Feria comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 209 claims here since 1983. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is La Feria?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Feria to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes56%Cold waves18%Inland flooding16%Everything else10%
By hazard

What La Feria faces

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

Hurricanes

56% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 La Feria flood?

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

209paid claims since 1983
$9.1Mpaid to owners
46homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Hanna: 14 claims, $139K
  • Hurricane Dolly: 8 claims, $143K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit La Feria

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into La FeriaDeclared for Cameron County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

473 households applied for aid $2.4M aid approved
2024

Hurricane Beryl

$3K to the City of La Feria for repairs
2021

Severe Winter Storms

79 households applied for aid $46K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

353 households applied for aid $855K aid approved
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

245 households applied for aid $272K aid approved
2015

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

36 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2010

Hurricane Alex

28 households applied for aid $58K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Dolly

1,008 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $409K to the City of La Feria for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

53 households applied for aid $101K aid approved
1999

Hurricane Bret

$8K to the City of La Feria for repairs
Cameron County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Around La Feria

La Feria and the towns around it

La Feria North: High, mostly hurricanesSolis: High, mostly hurricanesBixby: High, mostly hurricanesBluetown: High, mostly hurricanesRatamosa: High, mostly hurricanesIglesia Antigua: High, mostly hurricanesLa Feria: High, mostly hurricanes La FeriaLa Feria NorthSolisBixbyBluetown
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Solismostly hurricanesHigh
Bixbymostly hurricanesHigh
La Feriamostly hurricanesHigh
La Feria Northmostly hurricanesHigh
Bluetownmostly hurricanesHigh
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. La Feria covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to La Feria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of La Feria. 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 La Feria total about $2.4M 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.

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