Natural hazards · Stanton

Stanton, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1980.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanton to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Drought12%Hail8%Tornadoes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Stanton faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 75 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Stanton flood?

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

2paid claims since 1980

$787paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Martin County.

Disasters that hit Stanton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Martin County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Stanton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Martin County only

Martin County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Stanton 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 Stanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stanton. 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.