Natural hazards · Vinton

Vinton, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2014. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vinton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vinton to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding46%Hail17%Heat waves15%Lightning8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Vinton faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Vinton flood?

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

1paid claims since 2014

$12Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20142026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: El Paso County.

Disasters that hit Vinton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VintonDeclared for El Paso County only

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

109 households applied for aid $225K aid approved $53K to the Village of Vinton for repairs

El Paso County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Vinton

Vinton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Canutillomostly inland floodingVery low

Westwaymostly inland floodingVery low

Vintonmostly inland floodingVery low

Anthonymostly inland floodingVery low

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. Vinton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Vinton. 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 Vinton total about $441K 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.