Natural hazards · Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo, TX natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rio Bravo to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding44%Cold waves23%Heat waves20%Hurricanes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Rio Bravo faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Rio Bravo flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Webb County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Rio Bravo

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Rio BravoDeclared for Webb County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2010

Hurricane Alex

6 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

Webb County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Laredomostly inland floodingVery low

Rio Bravomostly inland floodingVery low

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