St. John the Baptist Catholic Church · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0On FEMA’s figures, Weimar faces less hazard damage per building than 65% of U.S. towns, led by hurricanes
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Weimar gets a B for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 65% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is hurricanes (45%), then river and rain flooding (42%). 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 Weimar faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
Hurricanes
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 Weimar’s grade
Hurricanes are 45% of the building damage FEMA expects in Weimar, and Weimar’s rate of hurricanes damage is higher than 88% of U.S. census tracts. Next is river and rain flooding at 42% (lower than 87% of U.S. census tracts).
B lower expected damage per building than 65% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Weimar’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.4M a year in losses across Weimar: $926K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Weimar flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Weimar. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Weimar isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Colorado County.6 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Weimar
Disasters that paid out in Weimar itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Weimar), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2024Hurricane Beryl$5K to the City of Weimar for repairs
- 2021Severe Winter Storms42 households applied for aid$10K aid approved
- 2017Hurricane Harvey81 households applied for aid$17K aid approved
- 2016Severe Storms and Flooding5 households applied for aid$10K aid approved
- 2005Hurricane Rita$5K to the City of Weimar for repairs
- 2005Hurricane Rita$4K to the City of Weimar for repairs
Colorado County has had 15 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then hurricanes and tropical storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Weimar
Is Weimar at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Weimar has lower expected damage per building than 65% of U.S. towns: B for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is hurricanes (45%) and river and rain flooding (42%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Weimar 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 Colorado County, 21% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 3.4% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Weimar?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Weimar’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 Weimar?
By FEMA money that reached Weimar, Hurricane Harvey (2017): 81 households applied for aid, $17K approved.
Is Weimar at risk from hurricanes?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (45%), and Weimar’s rate for it is higher than 88% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Weimar.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Weimar’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.