Natural hazards · Poth

Poth, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2003. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Poth?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poth to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Drought12%Tornadoes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Poth faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 69 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Poth flood?

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

6paid claims since 2003

$169Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20032026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilson County.

Disasters that hit Poth

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PothDeclared for Wilson County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

6 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

Wilson County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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