Natural hazards · New Fairview

New Fairview, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Fairview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Fairview?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Fairview to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes16%Heat waves11%Wildfire10%Hail6%Cold waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What New Fairview faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 New Fairview flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wise County.

Disasters that hit New Fairview

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New FairviewDeclared for Wise County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

Wise County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

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. New Fairview covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Fairview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of New Fairview. 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 New Fairview total about $1.2M 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.