Natural hazards · Rankin

Rankin, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rankin comes from drought, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rankin?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rankin to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought77%Inland flooding12%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Rankin faces

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

Drought

77% of expected damage

Recorded about 67 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Rankin flood?

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

Disasters that hit Rankin

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RankinDeclared for Upton County only

Upton County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Rankin 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 Rankin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rankin. 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.