Natural hazards · Redwater

Redwater, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Redwater comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Redwater?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Redwater to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes31%Inland flooding24%Hail15%Heat waves12%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Redwater faces

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

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Redwater flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bowie County.

Disasters that hit Redwater

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RedwaterDeclared for Bowie County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

2 households applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$30K to the City of Redwater for repairs

Bowie County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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