Natural hazards · Sabinal

Sabinal, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sabinal comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1997. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sabinal?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sabinal to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Drought7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Sabinal faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 148 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sabinal flood?

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

1paid claims since 1997

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Uvalde County.

Disasters that hit Sabinal

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SabinalDeclared for Uvalde County only

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

$38K to the City of Sabinal for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$65K to the City of Sabinal for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$50K to the City of Sabinal for repairs

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the City of Sabinal for repairs

Uvalde County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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

Sabinal, TX natural hazards

How exposed is Sabinal?

What Sabinal faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Sabinal flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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