Natural hazards · La Pryor

La Pryor, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Pryor comes from drought, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is La Pryor?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Pryor to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought38%Inland flooding20%Heat waves14%Cold waves14%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What La Pryor faces

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

Drought

38% of expected damage

Recorded about 113 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Pryor flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Zavala County.

Disasters that hit La Pryor

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into La PryorDeclared for Zavala County only

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

113 households applied for aid $172K aid approved

Zavala County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. La Pryor 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 La Pryor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to La Pryor. 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.