Natural hazards · Riviera

Riviera, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riviera comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Riviera?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riviera to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes40%Cold waves33%Inland flooding17%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Riviera faces

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

Hurricanes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Riviera flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kleberg County.

Disasters that hit Riviera

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RivieraDeclared for Kleberg County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

31 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

60 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

Kleberg County has had 20 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. Riviera 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 Riviera’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Riviera. 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.