Natural hazards · Orange Grove

Orange Grove, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orange Grove comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2014. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orange Grove?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orange Grove to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves37%Hurricanes33%Inland flooding15%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Orange Grove faces

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

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Orange Grove flood?

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

2paid claims since 2014

$184Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20142026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 1 claim, $181K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jim Wells County.

Disasters that hit Orange Grove

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Orange GroveDeclared for Jim Wells County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

136 households applied for aid $107K aid approved $6K to the City of Orange Grove for repairs

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

47 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

1 household applied for aid

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

178 households applied for aid $321K aid approved $398K to the City of Orange Grove for repairs

2010

Hurricane Alex

$3K to the City of Orange Grove for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $98K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Bret

$5K to the City of Orange Grove for repairs

Jim Wells County has had 27 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. Orange Grove 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 Orange Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Orange Grove. 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.