Natural hazards · Nash

Nash, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nash comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1982. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nash?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nash to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes29%Inland flooding25%Hail19%Heat waves10%Ice storms6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Nash faces

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

Tornadoes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Nash flood?

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

15paid claims since 1982

$809Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Beryl: 1 claim, $33K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bowie County.

Disasters that hit Nash

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NashDeclared for Bowie County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

73 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

45 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $614 aid approved $3K to the City of Nash for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$21K to the City of Nash for repairs

1999

Tx, Tornado 5/4/99

$779 to the City of Nash for repairs

Bowie County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Nash

Nash and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wake Villagemostly tornadoesModerate

Texarkanamostly inland floodingModerate

Nashmostly tornadoesModerate

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. Nash covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nash’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Nash. 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 Nash total about $2.0M 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.