Natural hazards · Watauga

Watauga, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Watauga comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 68 claims here since 1981. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Watauga?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Watauga to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes24%Hail17%Heat waves10%Cold waves6%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Watauga faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Hail

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Watauga flood?

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

68paid claims since 1981

$534Kpaid to owners

15homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Thunderstorms: 3 claims, $54K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tarrant County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Watauga

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WataugaDeclared for Tarrant County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

109 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $78K aid approved $3K to the City of Watauga for repairs

Tarrant County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Watauga

Watauga and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Haltom Citymostly inland floodingModerate

North Richland Hillsmostly inland floodingModerate

Wataugamostly inland floodingModerate

Kellermostly inland floodingModerate

Fort Worthmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Watauga covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Watauga’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Watauga. 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 Watauga total about $5.2M 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.