Natural hazards · Orason

Orason, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orason comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orason?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orason to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes52%Cold waves22%Inland flooding16%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Orason faces

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

Hurricanes

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% 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 Orason flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Orason 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 Orason

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Cameron County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Orason itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into OrasonDeclared for Cameron County only

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