Natural hazards · Lawn

Lawn, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lawn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lawn?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lawn to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding38%Hail29%Wildfire14%Drought7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Lawn 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 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

29% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Wildfire

14% of expected damage

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

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 42 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Lawn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Taylor County.

Disasters that hit Lawn

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LawnDeclared for Taylor County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

2007

Tropical Storm Erin

1 household applied for aid $123 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Town of Lawn for repairs

Taylor County has had 18 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. Lawn 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 Lawn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lawn. 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.