Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Asherton
Asherton isn’t graded for hazard risk: Asherton has 543 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1986.
What Asherton faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Asherton flood? Rarely: 2 flood claims since 1986
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Asherton, from FEMA’s records.
Asherton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dimmit County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Asherton
Disasters that paid out in Asherton itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Asherton), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2002Severe Storms and Flooding$19K to the City of Asherton for repairs
Dimmit County has had 13 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Dimmit County, 2008–2008.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Asherton
Does Asherton flood?
Flood insurance has paid 2 claims in Asherton since 1986, $2K in all.
Is Asherton in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Dimmit County, 0.6% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Asherton?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Asherton’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Asherton?
By FEMA money that reached Asherton, Severe Storms and Flooding (2002): $19K to the City of Asherton for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Asherton.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Asherton’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.