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Olmito, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Olmito comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Olmito?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Olmito to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding28%Cold waves16%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Olmito faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Olmito flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Olmito isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cameron County.
Disasters that hit Olmito

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OlmitoDeclared for Cameron County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

11 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid
2015

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

4 households applied for aid $545 aid approved
2010

Hurricane Alex

4 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Dolly

77 households applied for aid $30K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved
Cameron County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
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. Olmito 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 Olmito’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Olmito. 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.

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