Natural hazards · Murillo

Murillo, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Murillo comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 2015.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Murillo?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Murillo to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes41%Cold waves27%Inland flooding19%Heat waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Murillo faces

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

Hurricanes

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Murillo flood?

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

11paid claims since 2015

$890Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Hanna: 4 claims, $48K
Tropical Storm Bill: 2 claims, $70K
Early summer storms: 1 claim, $3K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Murillo 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 Murillo

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MurilloDeclared for Hidalgo County only

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

Around Murillo

Murillo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

César Chávezmostly hurricanesHigh

Murillomostly hurricanesHigh

Edinburgmostly 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. Murillo covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Murillo’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Murillo. 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 Murillo total about $2.7M 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.