Natural hazards · Sunset Valley

Sunset Valley, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sunset Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1991. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sunset Valley?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sunset Valley to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding68%Tornadoes19%Hail5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Sunset Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sunset Valley flood?

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

15paid claims since 1991

$376Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19912026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Sunset Valley is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Travis County.

Disasters that hit Sunset Valley

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sunset ValleyDeclared for Travis County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

2 households applied for aid

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$2K to the City of Sunset Valley for repairs

Travis County has had 30 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. Sunset Valley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sunset Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sunset Valley. 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 Sunset Valley total about $2.1M 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.