Natural hazards · Poteet

Poteet, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poteet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2002. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Poteet?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poteet to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes20%Heat waves7%Hail6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Poteet faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Poteet flood?

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

2paid claims since 2002

$43Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 1 claim, $14K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Atascosa County.

Disasters that hit Poteet

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PoteetDeclared for Atascosa County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

162 households applied for aid $163K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

27 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

15 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$25K to the City of Poteet for repairs

Atascosa County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Poteet covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Poteet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Poteet. 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 Poteet total about $882K 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.