Natural hazards · Slaton

Slaton, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Slaton comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Slaton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Slaton to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and hail.

Tornadoes25%Hail20%Inland flooding20%Cold waves15%Strong wind13%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Slaton faces

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

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Hail

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Slaton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lubbock County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Slaton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SlatonDeclared for Lubbock County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

32 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2015

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

$12K to the City of Slaton for repairs

2010

Hurricane Alex

60 households applied for aid $143K aid approved $22K to the City of Slaton for repairs

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

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. Slaton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Slaton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Slaton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Slaton total about $1.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.