Natural hazards · Leona

Leona, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leona comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Leona?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leona to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and cold waves.

Drought41%Cold waves24%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Leona faces

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

Drought

41% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Leona flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Leon County.

Disasters that hit Leona

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeonaDeclared for Leon County only

2024

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

21 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

9 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Leon County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

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. Leona 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 Leona’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Leona. 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.