Natural hazards · Van Vleck

Van Vleck, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Van Vleck comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Van Vleck?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Van Vleck to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes64%Inland flooding20%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Van Vleck faces

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

Hurricanes

64% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Van Vleck flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Matagorda County.

Disasters that hit Van Vleck

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Van VleckDeclared for Matagorda County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

401 households applied for aid $569K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

65 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

679 households applied for aid $909K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

32 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

46 households applied for aid $86K aid approved

Matagorda County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Van Vleck 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 Van Vleck’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Van Vleck. 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.