Natural hazards · Riverside

Riverside, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riverside comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Riverside?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riverside to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes18%Cold waves10%Hurricanes9%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Riverside faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Riverside flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Walker County.

Disasters that hit Riverside

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RiversideDeclared for Walker County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

13 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2024

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

16 households applied for aid $117K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

3 households applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Harvey

12 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $842 aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

58 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

73 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

Walker County has had 31 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. Riverside 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 Riverside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Riverside. 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.