Natural hazards · Powderly

Powderly, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Powderly comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Powderly?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Powderly to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes32%Inland flooding23%Cold waves16%Ice storms7%Hail6%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Powderly faces

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

Tornadoes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Powderly flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lamar County.

Disasters that hit Powderly

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PowderlyDeclared for Lamar County only

2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

2 households applied for aid

Lamar County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Powderly covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Powderly’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Powderly. 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 Powderly total about $2.9M 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.

Powderly, TX natural hazards

How exposed is Powderly?

What Powderly faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Ice storms

Hail

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Powderly flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

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