Natural hazards · Raymondville

Raymondville, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Raymondville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 148 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Raymondville?

84
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Raymondville to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves57%Hurricanes28%Inland flooding8%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Raymondville faces

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

Cold waves

57% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Raymondville flood?

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

148paid claims since 1979
$1.2Mpaid to owners
15homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Dolly: 18 claims, $159K
  • Hurricane Allen: 14 claims, $67K
  • Hurricane Hanna: 2 claims, $12K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Raymondville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Willacy County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Raymondville

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RaymondvilleDeclared for Willacy County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

479 households applied for aid $2.4M aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

66 households applied for aid $46K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

492 households applied for aid $265K aid approved
2015

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

517 households applied for aid $239K aid approved $207K to the City of Raymondville for repairs
2010

Hurricane Alex

$47K to the City of Raymondville for repairs
2008

Hurricane Dolly

1,200 households applied for aid $698K aid approved $376K to the City of Raymondville for repairs
2007

Hurricane Dean

$2K to the City of Raymondville for repairs
1999

Hurricane Bret

$33K to the City of Raymondville for repairs
Willacy County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Raymondville 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 Raymondville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Raymondville. 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.

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