Natural hazards · Lopezville

Lopezville, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lopezville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lopezville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lopezville to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes49%Cold waves22%Inland flooding15%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Lopezville faces

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

Hurricanes

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Lopezville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hidalgo County.

Disasters that hit Lopezville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Hidalgo County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Lopezville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into LopezvilleDeclared for Hidalgo County only

Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Lopezville

Lopezville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Murillomostly hurricanesHigh

Edinburgmostly hurricanesHigh

San Juanmostly hurricanesHigh

Pharrmostly hurricanesHigh

Lopezvillemostly 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. Lopezville 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 Lopezville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lopezville. 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.