Natural hazards · Palmview

Palmview, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Palmview comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2016. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Palmview?

63
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Palmview to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes49%Cold waves22%Inland flooding17%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Palmview faces

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

Hurricanes

49% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Palmview flood?

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

9paid claims since 2016
$564Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20162026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Hanna: 5 claims, $500K
  • Early summer severe storms: 2 claims, $12K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Palmview isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hidalgo County.
Disasters that hit Palmview

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PalmviewDeclared for Hidalgo County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $65K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

23 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $70K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $7K to the City of Palmview for repairs
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $82K to the City of Palmview for repairs
2010

Hurricane Alex

11 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $7K to the City of Palmview for repairs
2008

Hurricane Dolly

58 households applied for aid $38K aid approved $19K to the City of Palmview for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Around Palmview

Palmview and the towns around it

La Homa: High, mostly hurricanesAbram: High, mostly hurricanesDoffing: High, mostly hurricanesPalmview South: High, mostly hurricanesMission: High, mostly hurricanesPerezville: High, mostly hurricanesPenitas: Moderate, mostly hurricanesMcAllen: High, mostly hurricanesWest Sharyland: High, mostly hurricanesPalmhurst: High, mostly hurricanesPalmview: High, mostly hurricanes PalmviewLa HomaAbramDoffingPalmview SouthMissionPerezville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Palmview Southmostly hurricanesHigh
Missionmostly hurricanesHigh
La Homamostly hurricanesHigh
Perezvillemostly hurricanesHigh
Palmviewmostly hurricanesHigh
Doffingmostly hurricanesHigh
Abrammostly hurricanesHigh
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. Palmview covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Palmview’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Palmview. 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 Palmview total about $4.7M 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.

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