Natural hazards · Rollingwood

Rollingwood, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rollingwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1981. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rollingwood?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rollingwood to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes26%Hail11%Heat waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Rollingwood faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

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

Hail

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Rollingwood flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Rollingwood, from FEMA’s records.

16paid claims since 1981

$304Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Early summer storms: 4 claims, $165K
Fall severe storms: 1 claim, $1K
Thunderstorms: 1 claim, $60K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Travis County.

Disasters that hit Rollingwood

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RollingwoodDeclared for Travis County only

2023

Severe Winter Storm

$55K to the City of Rollingwood for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$22K to the City of Rollingwood for repairs

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the City of Rollingwood for repairs

Travis County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Rollingwood

Rollingwood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Austinmostly inland floodingModerate

Rollingwoodmostly inland floodingVery low

West Lake Hillsmostly 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. Rollingwood 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 Rollingwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rollingwood. 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.