Natural hazards · Levelland

Levelland, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Levelland comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1986. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Levelland?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Levelland to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and hail.

Tornadoes28%Hail26%Inland flooding25%Strong wind8%Cold waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Levelland faces

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

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Hail

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Levelland flood?

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

4paid claims since 1986

$45Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hockley County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Levelland

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LevellandDeclared for Hockley County only

2024

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

1,523 households applied for aid $6.0M aid approved $199K to the City of Levelland for repairs

2015

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

$294K to the City of Levelland for repairs

2011

Wildfires

$10K to the City of Levelland for repairs

Hockley County has had 12 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. Levelland covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Levelland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Levelland. 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 Levelland total about $3.8M 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.