Natural hazards · Mansfield

Mansfield, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mansfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 113 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mansfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mansfield to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes24%Hail16%Heat waves7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Mansfield faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Hail

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Mansfield flood?

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

113paid claims since 1979

$4.2Mpaid to owners

20homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Allen: 3 claims, $47K
Spring severe storms: 1 claim, $6K
Early summer storms: 1 claim, $24K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (6) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tarrant County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

29flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

21storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Mansfield

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MansfieldDeclared for Tarrant County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

806 households applied for aid $344K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

2 households applied for aid

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $154K to the City of Mansfield for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$5K to the City of Mansfield for repairs

Tarrant County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Mansfield

Mansfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grand Prairiemostly inland floodingModerate

Rendonmostly inland floodingModerate

Mansfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Arlingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Mansfield covers 13 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mansfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mansfield. 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 Mansfield total about $23.8M 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.