Natural hazards · Skidmore

Skidmore, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Skidmore comes from drought, and overall the risk is 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 Skidmore?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Skidmore to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hurricanes.

Drought33%Hurricanes31%Inland flooding15%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Skidmore faces

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

Drought

33% of expected damage

Recorded about 64 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Skidmore flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bee County.

Disasters that hit Skidmore

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SkidmoreDeclared for Bee County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

71 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

237 households applied for aid $162K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

145 households applied for aid $290K aid approved

Bee County has had 19 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. Skidmore 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 Skidmore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Skidmore. 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.