Photo: Public domain · Public domainMore hazard damage per building is expected in Camp Swift than in 60% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Camp Swift gets a C+ for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 60% of U.S. towns, #405 of 642 in Texas. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (81%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Camp Swift 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
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.
What’s behind Camp Swift’s grade
River and rain flooding is 81% of the building damage FEMA expects in Camp Swift, and Camp Swift’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 73% of U.S. census tracts. Next is tornadoes at 9% (higher than 80% of U.S. census tracts).
C+ #405 of 642 in Texas; higher expected damage per building than 60% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Camp Swift’s residents live in 3 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Texas town has higher expected damage than 50% of U.S. towns; within the state, Camp Swift has more expected damage per building than 63% of Texas towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $3.0M a year in losses across Camp Swift: $1.1M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Camp Swift flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Camp Swift. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Camp Swift isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Bastrop County.The storms Camp Swift remembers
None of the 19 disasters declared for Bastrop County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Camp Swift itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Bastrop County has had 19 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 7 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Bastrop County, 2000–2015.
Camp Swift and its neighbors
Camp Swift is 2nd of the 2 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle D-KC Estates | Bless damage than 55% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Camp Swift | C+more damage than 60% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Camp Swift faces
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.
- 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 Camp Swift
Is Camp Swift at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Camp Swift has higher expected damage per building than 60% of U.S. towns: C+ for hazard risk, #405 of 642 in Texas. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (81%) and tornadoes (9%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Camp Swift 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 Bastrop County, 21% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Camp Swift?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Camp Swift’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Camp Swift at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (81%), and Camp Swift’s rate for it is higher than 73% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Camp Swift.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Camp Swift’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.