Natural hazards · Neches

Neches, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Neches comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Neches?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Neches to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes28%Cold waves12%Strong wind6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Neches faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Neches flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anderson County.

Disasters that hit Neches

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NechesDeclared for Anderson County only

2024

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

1 household applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Anderson County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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