Natural hazards · Vidor

Vidor, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vidor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1,801 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vidor?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vidor to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding40%Hurricanes34%Tornadoes12%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Vidor faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 82 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Vidor flood?

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

1,801paid claims since 1979

$125Mpaid to owners

340homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Imelda: 739 claims, $69.7M
Hurricane Harvey: 363 claims, $43.6M
Hurricane Rita: 109 claims, $3.6M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 6 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (139) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orange County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

25flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

3homes raised above flood level

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Vidor

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VidorDeclared for Orange County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

721 households applied for aid $906K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

233 households applied for aid $130K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

$96K to the City of Vidor for repairs

2019

Tropical Storm Imelda

2,243 households applied for aid $8.1M aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

9,709 households applied for aid $58.2M aid approved $966K to the City of Vidor for repairs

2016

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

52 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

7,595 households applied for aid $5.7M aid approved $277K to the City of Vidor for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$23K to the City of Vidor for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

13,749 households applied for aid $31.8M aid approved $312K to the City of Vidor for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

221 households applied for aid $596K aid approved

2001

Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001

$3K to the City of Vidor for repairs

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