Natural hazards · Sonora

Sonora, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sonora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1990. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sonora?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sonora to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding61%Wildfire19%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Sonora faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Sonora flood?

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

23paid claims since 1990

$891Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sutton County.

Disasters that hit Sonora

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SonoraDeclared for Sutton County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$721K to the City of Sonora for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$20K to the City of Sonora for repairs

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

$363K to the City of Sonora for repairs

Sutton County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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