Natural hazards · Reklaw

Reklaw, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reklaw comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Reklaw?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reklaw to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes15%Strong wind14%Cold waves10%Heat waves10%Hurricanes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Reklaw faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Reklaw flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rusk County.

Disasters that hit Reklaw

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReklawDeclared for Rusk County only

2024

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

3 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

12 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

36 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

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