Hazard Plain Automated baseline

Bee County, TX

Risk-assessment baseline packet

County FIPS:
48025
Release:
2026-10
Data as of:
2026-09-30
Storm Events data through:
2026-06-30

Hazard Plain is an independent product built from public federal data. It is not a FEMA document and is not reviewed or endorsed by FEMA or any state agency.

Hazard Plain release 2026-10, as of 2026-09-30.

Summary

Plan status as of 2026-09-30: Approved, expires 2029-02-26. Plan: Bee County (FEMA plan 109156), approved 2024-02-27.

Since the plan was approved on 2024-02-27: no new hazard declaration and 45 NOAA Storm Events records; details under "What changed since your last plan".

Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Hurricane ($6,600,176 a year), Inland Flooding ($3,412,639) and Tornado ($1,492,200).

The tables that follow are organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B (B1-a to B2-c); each heading says which item its tables support.

Plan clock

Status:
Approved, expires 2029-02-26
Plan:
Bee County (FEMA plan 109156)
Approved:
2024-02-27
Days to expiry:
880

What changed since your last plan (approved 2024-02-27)

New federal declarations:
none
Storm Events records since approval:
45 records (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now:
FMA RL 2, SRL 2 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 7
Repeat-flood change:
this release sets the baseline count.

Sources: 1, 2, 4, 6 (numbered list at the end)

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

Source: 1

JurisdictionTypeStatusPlanApprovedExpiresDays to expirynegative = days since expiryNotes
Bee CountyCountyApproved, expires 2029-02-26Bee County (FEMA plan 109156)2024-02-272029-02-26880
Beeville cityCityApproved, expires 2029-02-26Bee County (FEMA plan 109156)2024-02-272029-02-26880
Coastal Bend CollegeCollege/UniversityApproved, expires 2029-02-26Bee County (FEMA plan 109156)2024-02-272029-02-26880this jurisdiction approved 2024-04-23

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-a: hazard identification

Hazards NRI does not cover (local data needed)

  • dam failure (incl. upstream dams)
  • levee failure
  • flash flood as its own subtype
  • ice jams
  • debris flows
  • erosion (riverine and coastal)
  • land subsidence and sinkholes
  • expansive soils

The 18 National Risk Index hazards, ranked by expected annual loss (EAL)

Sources: 5, 6

Rank by EALHazardNRI risk ratingEAL ratingEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearCost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damageEAL total (see note)modeled dollars per yearStorm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30countStorm Events coverage note
1HurricaneRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$5,950,801$211,601$437,774$6,600,1763
2Inland FloodingRelatively LowVery Low$3,106,630$80,788$225,221$3,412,63966
3TornadoRelatively ModerateRelatively Low$312,552$548$1,179,100$1,492,20013
4Cold WaveRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$21,070$108,500$1,282,471$1,412,04119Includes 6 Frost/Freeze records (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition; counted in this table and in B1-d, not in the B1-e descriptor).
5Heat WaveRelatively ModerateRelatively Low$33$123$1,173,156$1,173,3119
6DroughtRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderaten/a$1,164,950n/a$1,164,950113
7Strong WindRelatively LowRelatively Low$235,376$40,092$50,345$325,81353Includes 2 High Wind and 1 Strong Wind records (NOAA non-thunderstorm wind types, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition).
8HailRelatively LowRelatively Low$155,787$28,581$45,444$229,81260
9LightningRelatively ModerateRelatively Low$15,421n/a$202,865$218,2861
10WildfireVery LowVery Low$55,374$208$12,000$67,5813
11Ice StormRelatively LowRelatively Low$4,410n/a$62,136$66,5465
12Winter WeatherRelatively LowRelatively Low$5,570$191$18,514$24,2747Includes 1 Sleet record (outside NRI's Winter Weather definition).
13EarthquakeVery LowVery Low$6,017n/a$2,363$8,380Storm Events does not record earthquakes.
14LandslideVery LowVery Low$11n/aunder $1$110No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).

Total = buildings + agriculture + population equivalence; FEMA values each expected death (or 10 injuries) at $13.7 million (2024 dollars).

NRI risk rating combines expected annual loss with social vulnerability and community resilience; EAL rating rates expected annual loss alone. Both compare this county with all U.S. counties.

Local data needed: state and local landslide records (Storm Events records this hazard only in part).

Not applicable to this county per NRI, with no federal declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996: avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami and volcanic activity. That is the evidence for leaving them out of the plan.

The state hazard mitigation plan also lists hazards for this county; FEMA asks the plan to explain any hazard it leaves out.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-b: hazard location

Affects the whole county (national data give no location within it): Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather.

Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.

Hazards that vary within the county: highest-rated census tracts

Source: 5

HazardHighest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100
Earthquaketract 9503 (Very Low, 13.5); tract 9506 (Very Low, 8.0); tract 9504 (Very Low, 7.6)
Hurricanetract 9503 (Very High, 97.8); tract 9502.04 (Relatively High, 95.6); tract 9506 (Relatively High, 94.8)
Landslidetract 9501 (Very Low, 56.0); tract 9506 (Very Low, 50.3); tract 9502.01 (Very Low, 50.0)
Tornadotract 9502.01 (Relatively High, 92.9); tract 9503 (Relatively High, 92.1); tract 9502.04 (Relatively Moderate, 72.4)
Wildfiretract 9502.01 (Relatively Moderate, 90.1); tract 9506 (Relatively Moderate, 89.4); tract 9502.04 (Relatively Low, 86.1)

Up to 3 census tracts per hazard, highest National Risk Index rating first, then highest score; a tract number is the Census tract number (for example 9503 is Census Tract 9503). FEMA's Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool maps the National Risk Index for every tract: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/resilience-analysis-and-planning-tool

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-c: hazard extent

Extent: scale, observed range and worst recorded event per hazard

Sources: 6, 7

HazardScaleRecordscount and yearsObserved rangeWorst recorded eventMost damaging (when different)How it applies to jurisdictionsNote
Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chillwind chill13 records, 2021 to 2026 (13 zone-level)1 day to 6 days (median 3.5 days); 8 with a recorded value6 consecutive days, 2021-02-13 to 2021-02-18, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).
Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition)crop damage6 records, 2010 to 2026 (6 zone-level)No crop damage reported in 6 records.Countywide (zone-level records).
DroughtU.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4)113 records, 2006 to 2026 (113 zone-level)16 days to 707 days (median 93 days); 18 with a recorded value707 days (about 23.2 months), 2008-01-01 to 2009-12-07, a run of 24 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-levelDrought, 2022-08-01, $0 property; $1,930,000 crops (zone total, 2022 dollars)Countywide (zone-level records).Storm Events enters a drought at D2 or worse east of the Rockies and D3 or worse from the Rockies west (NWS Instruction 10-1605); NRI drought counts D3 and D4 only.
EarthquakeModified Mercalli (local data)0Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hailhail size (inches)86 records, 1956 to 20250.75 in to 2.75 in (median 1 in); 86 with a recorded value2.75 in hail, 2025-04-30Hail, 2016-02-23, $100,000 property; $0 crops (2016 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Beeville city (22 records).
Excessive Heat, Heatheat index (in event narratives)9 records, 2006 to 2024 (9 zone-level)1 day to 2 days (median 1 day); 7 with a recorded value2 consecutive days, 2024-05-27 to 2024-05-28, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).
Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical DepressionSaffir-Simpson3 records, 2010 to 2020 (3 zone-level)Strongest recorded: Hurricane record (NOAA event type 'Hurricane (Typhoon)'), 2017-08-26, category 1, $10,000 property; $0 crops (2017 dollars); NWS zone TXZ232Most damaging recorded: Tropical Storm, 2010-09-07, $25,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 2010 dollars)Countywide (zone-level records).Storm Events files every zone of a storm's episode under the storm's type; flooding from the storm is filed as Flood or Flash Flood records.
Ice StormSperry-Piltz ice scale (local data)5 records, 2011 to 2024 (5 zone-level)Ice Storm, 2014-01-24, $100,000 property; $0 crops (2014 dollars); NWS zone TXZ232Countywide (zone-level records).
Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flooddamage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM)66 records, 1996 to 2022 (2 zone-level)Flash Flood, 2013-05-25, $500,000 property; $0 crops (2013 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Beeville city (22 records). Zone-level records (2) apply countywide.Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. Storm Events damage is often $0 or blank for floods, major ones included; FEMA Public Assistance by declaration (B1-d) shows which floods cost the most.
Debris Flownone (count and damage only)0
Lightningannualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names)1 record, 2009Lightning, 2009-03-26, $20,000 property; $0 crops (2009 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Beeville city (1 record).Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties.
High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI's Strong Wind definition)wind speed (kt and mph)3 records, 2003 to 2013 (3 zone-level)43 kt (49 mph) to 60 kt (69 mph) (median 50 kt (58 mph)); 3 with a recorded value60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust, High Wind, 2003-07-15; NWS zone TXZ232High Wind, 2013-02-25, $5,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2013 dollars)Countywide (zone-level records).
Thunderstorm Windwind speed (kt and mph)88 records, 1960 to 202643 kt (49 mph) to 87 kt (100 mph) (median 52 kt (60 mph)); 62 with a recorded value87 kt (100 mph), measurement type not recorded, Thunderstorm Wind, 1983-09-18Thunderstorm Wind, 2017-05-23, $5,000,000 property; $1,000,000 crops (2017 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Beeville city (29 records).
TornadoEnhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007)34 records, 1962 to 2019F/EF0 to F/EF3 (median F/EF1); 31 with a recorded valueF3 tornado, 1976-04-29, 1 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 33 yd wide, $25,000 property; crops not recorded (1976 dollars)Tornado, 2019-04-07, $1,250,000 property; $0 crops (2019 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Beeville city (6 records).Before 1996 a tornado is listed once, under the county where it began, with its whole path's rating and length; from 1996 on, each county lists its own segment. Length is not used to rank tornadoes (see Methods).
Wildfireacres burned (local data)3 records, 2009 to 2022 (3 zone-level)No damage reported in 3 records.Countywide (zone-level records).
Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleetnone in data (snowfall: local data)7 records, 2004 to 2025 (7 zone-level)Winter Weather, 2013-12-07, $100,000 property; $0 crops (2013 dollars); NWS zone TXZ232Countywide (zone-level records).

In event narratives only (local data needed): wind chill, temperature, heat index, ice thickness, acres burned and snow depth; any physical measure of debris flow and lightning.

Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records from zones that no NWS zone-county file places in this county (mostly before 2020) are not counted here (the Methods page explains the zone matching).

Dollars are nominal (as reported), labeled with the year; not adjusted for inflation.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d: previous occurrences

Federal declarations for this county: 23 declarations covering 16 separate hazard incidents counted in this packet (declarations for the same incident count once; non-natural and evacuation-only declarations are not counted).

Federal disaster declarations for this county

Sources: 1, 2, 3

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazardCounty Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollarsNotes
2021-02-192021-02-11DR-4586-TXMajor disasterSevere Winter StormsIce Storm$15,179.22
2021-02-142021-02-11EM-3554-TXEmergencySevere Winter StormIce Stormno Public Assistance recordedsame incident as DR-4586
2020-07-262020-07-25EM-3530-TXEmergencyHurricane HannaHurricaneno Public Assistance recorded
2020-03-252020-01-20DR-4485-TXMajor disasterCOVID-19 PandemicNon-natural, not countedno Public Assistance recorded
2020-03-132020-01-20EM-3458-TXEmergencyCOVID-19Non-natural, not countedno Public Assistance recordedsame incident as DR-4485
2017-08-252017-08-23DR-4332-TXMajor disasterHurricane HarveyHurricane$934,442.58
2010-06-292010-06-27EM-3313-TXEmergencyTropical Storm AlexHurricaneno Public Assistance recorded
2008-09-102008-09-07EM-3294-TXEmergencyHurricane IkeHurricaneno Public Assistance recorded
2008-08-292008-08-27EM-3290-TXEmergencyHurricane GustavHurricaneno Public Assistance recorded
2008-03-142008-03-14EM-3284-TXEmergencyWildfiresWildfireno Public Assistance recorded
2007-08-182007-08-17EM-3277-TXEmergencyHurricane DeanHurricaneno Public Assistance recorded
2007-06-292007-06-16DR-1709-TXMajor disasterSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and FloodingInland Flooding; Tornado$31,189.09
2006-01-112005-11-27DR-1624-TXMajor disasterExtreme Wildfire ThreatWildfire$1,069.03
2005-09-242005-09-23DR-1606-TXMajor disasterHurricane RitaHurricane: evacuation support (county designated for sheltering evacuees, no Individual Assistance), not a local hazard event; not countedno Public Assistance recorded
2005-09-212005-09-20EM-3261-TXEmergencyHurricane RitaHurricane: evacuation support (county designated for sheltering evacuees, no Individual Assistance), not a local hazard event; not countedno Public Assistance recordedsame incident as DR-1606
2005-09-022005-08-29EM-3216-TXEmergencyHurricane Katrina EvacuationHurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not counted$1,507.10
2003-07-172003-07-15DR-1479-TXMajor disasterHurricane ClaudetteHurricane$206,693.87
2002-07-042002-06-29DR-1425-TXMajor disasterSevere Storms and FloodingInland FloodingPA not declared for this county
1998-08-261998-08-22DR-1239-TXMajor disasterTropical Storm CharleyHurricane; Inland Flooding: designated for Hazard Mitigation only (no Public or Individual Assistance for this county); not countedPA not declared for this county
1993-09-101993-08-30EM-3113-TXEmergencyExtreme Fire HazardDrought (primary); also designated: Wildfireno Public Assistance recorded
1971-09-181971-09-18DR-313-TXMajor disasterHeavy Rains, High Winds & FloodingInland Flooding (primary); also designated: Strong Windno Public Assistance recorded
1970-08-041970-08-04DR-292-TXMajor disasterHurricane CeliaHurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Floodingno Public Assistance recorded
1967-09-281967-09-28DR-232-TXMajor disasterHurricane BeulahHurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Floodingno Public Assistance recorded

County Public Assistance: applicants the FEMA record places in this county, including any state agencies FEMA files there; statewide rows are listed on the state page; federal share obligated, nominal dollars.

Statewide declarations

Source: 2

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazard
1998-06-231998-06-04EM-3127-TXEmergencyFireWildfire
1963-09-241963-09-24DR-159-TXMajor disasterHurricane CindyHurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding
1961-09-161961-09-16DR-118-TXMajor disasterHurricane CarlaHurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding
1960-07-151960-07-15DR-103-TXMajor disasterHeavy Rains, Hail, Floods & TornadoesHail; Inland Flooding; Tornado
1959-07-081959-07-08DR-93-TXMajor disasterFloodsInland Flooding
1958-06-061958-06-06DR-85-TXMajor disasterTornadoes, Rain, Hail & FloodsTornado (primary); also designated: Hail, Inland Flooding
1957-04-291957-04-29DR-72-TXMajor disasterHurricane, Rain, Wind, Hail & FloodsHurricane (primary); also designated: Hail, Inland Flooding
1954-07-011954-07-01DR-18-TXMajor disasterFloodInland Flooding
1953-06-191953-06-19DR-9-TXMajor disasterFloodInland Flooding
1953-05-151953-05-15DR-2-TXMajor disasterTornado & Heavy RainfallTornado

FEMA recorded these with designated area Statewide and no county, so they are listed on every county page in the state and not counted with county rows. Local data needed: whether each one affected this county.

91 Fire Management declarations (1988-03-12 to 2009-04-10) FEMA filed as Statewide with no county; each names one local fire. Listed on the state page.

Public Assistance not placed in any Texas county: 1 row, $902,084.65; listed on the Texas state page.

Source: 3

Previous occurrences by hazard, with explicit no-event rows

Sources: 2, 6, 7

HazardStorm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column)Since plan approvalrecordsIn the 12 months before plan approvalrecordsLast 5 yearsrecordsDeclared incidents, all yearsseparate disastersDeclared since approvalseparate disastersPeriodStatement
Cold Wave1914117001996 to 2026-06-30Includes 6 Frost/Freeze records.
Drought11316731101996 to 2026-06-30
Earthquake000000Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail86606001955 to 2026-06-30
Heat Wave9358001996 to 2026-06-30
Hurricane3000901996 to 2026-06-30
Ice Storm5011101996 to 2026-06-30
Inland Flooding66001501996 to 2026-06-30
Landslide0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Lightning1000001996 to 2026-06-30
Strong Wind91527101955 to 2026-06-30Includes 2 High Wind and 1 Strong Wind records.
Tornado34000101950 to 2026-06-30
Wildfire3001301996 to 2026-06-30
Winter Weather7101001996 to 2026-06-30Includes 1 Sleet record.

Notable Storm Events records

Sources: 1, 6, 7

DateEvent typeMagnitude or extentDamagenominal dollarsDeaths, injuriesdirect onlyLocationFlagsWhy listed
2025-04-30Hail2.75 in$0 property; $0 crops (2025 dollars)0, 0PAWNEEnew since last plan; within last 5 yearsB1-c worst recorded: Hail
2024-08-21Heat$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2024 dollars)1, 0NWS zone TXZ232 (BEE), zone-levelnew since last plan; within last 5 yearsdeaths or injuries recorded
2024-05-27Excessive Heat$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2024 dollars)0, 0NWS zone TXZ232 (BEE), zone-levelnew since last plan; within last 5 yearsB1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat
2023-06-26Excessive Heat$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2023 dollars)2, 0NWS zone TXZ232 (BEE), zone-levelin the 12 months before plan approval; within last 5 yearsdeaths or injuries recorded
2021-02-13Cold/Wind Chill$200,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2021 dollars)0, 0NWS zone TXZ232 (BEE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
2017-08-26Hurricane (NOAA event type 'Hurricane (Typhoon)')category 1$10,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2017 dollars)0, 0NWS zone TXZ232 (BEE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression
2013-05-25Flash Flood$500,000 property; $0 crops (2013 dollars)0, 0PETTUS to TULETAB1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood
2008-01-01Drought$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2008 dollars)0, 0NWS zone TXZ232 (BEE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Drought
2003-07-15High Wind60 kt (69 mph) estimated gustdamage not reported0, 0NWS zone TXZ232 (BEE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind
1994-02-23TornadoF1, 1 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 10 yd wide$500,000 property; crops not recorded (1994 dollars)0, 5Beevilledeaths or injuries recorded
1983-09-18Thunderstorm Wind87 kt (100 mph), measurement type not recordeddamage not recorded (pre-1996 record)0, 0location not recordedB1-c worst recorded: Thunderstorm Wind
1976-04-29TornadoF3, 1 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 33 yd wide$25,000 property; crops not recorded (1976 dollars)0, 0location not recordedB1-c worst recorded: Tornado

The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (437 rows).

Location is the place NOAA recorded, as written in its data; it need not be a jurisdiction in this plan.

Local data needed: state-declared emergencies, from your state emergency management agency (federal data do not include them).

Tribal and special-area declarations in this state are listed on the state page.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-e: probability of future events

Probability: FEMA annualized frequency and descriptor per hazard

Sources: 5, 6

HazardFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per rowUnitIn plain termsDescriptorDescriptor basisNRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional)NRI periodLocationNote
Cold Wave2.68event-days per yearabout 2.68 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 4 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (13.3%)512005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide
Drought62.3event-days per yearabout 62.3 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 15 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (50%)2,1842000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only)countywide
Earthquake0.000245annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.0245%not shownmodeledsee B1-fNo descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes).
Hail1.36events per yearabout 1.36 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)51.6 (modeled)1986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Heat Wave9.26event-days per yearabout 9.26 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)1702005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide
Hurricane0.12events per yearabout 1 in 8 yearsLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)461851 to 2024 (Atlantic)see B1-fNRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are in B1-d.
Ice Storm0.364event-days per yearabout 0.364 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 4 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (13.3%)251946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years)countywide
Inland Flooding1.79event-days per yearabout 1.79 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 19 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (63.3%)501996 to 2023 (28 years)see B1-f
Landslide0.094events per year (modeled)about 1 in 11 yearsPossibleFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shownmodeledsee B1-f
Lightning49.4days per year with a strikeabout 49.4 days per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS)countywide
Strong Wind0.895events per yearabout 0.9 per yearLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)351986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Tornado0.366events per yearabout 1 in 3 yearsLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1)see B1-f
Wildfire0.00274annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.274%LikelyStorm Events records in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)not shownmodeledsee B1-f
Winter Weather1.11event-days per yearabout 1.11 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 7 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (23.3%)212005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) is the National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025) estimate of how often a hazard affects this county in a year; it is not recorded events divided by years, and its unit differs by hazard (events, event-days, or days with a lightning strike per year). For earthquake, wildfire, coastal flooding and tsunami the value is the chance (or number of events) at a location in the county, not across the county, so no "1 in N years" is given and the descriptor comes from Storm Events where it has a record (none for earthquake). The Methods page gives each hazard's method, from FEMA's National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20.

Where NRI gives event-days, the descriptor comes from the share of years with a Storm Events record; NRI's source records more events, so the two differ.

Descriptor scale used in this packet (defined per unit)

Sources: 5, 6

UnitDescriptorDefinition
events per yearHighly likely1 or more per year
events per yearLikelyabout once in 1 to 10 years
events per yearPossibleabout once in 10 to 100 years
events per yearUnlikelyless than once in 100 years
annual probabilityLikely10% to under 100% chance in a given year
annual probabilityPossible1% to under 10% chance in a given year
annual probabilityUnlikelyunder 1% chance in a given year
event-days (share of years)Highly likelyevent-days recorded in 90% or more of years
event-days (share of years)Likelyevent-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years
event-days (share of years)Possibleevent-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years
lightning strike-daysHighly likelycloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year

Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)

Source: 6

HazardBandYearsEventscounty-coded recordsYears in periodEvents per yearevents / years
Hail1.00-1.99 in1996 to 202535301.17
Hail2.00 in+1996 to 20252300.0667
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)50-64 kt1996 to 202544301.47
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)65 kt+1996 to 20253300.1
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)unmeasured or below 50 kt1996 to 20251300.0333
TornadoEF0-11996 to 202513300.433
TornadoEF2-31996 to 20250300
TornadoEF4-51996 to 20250300
Tornadounrated (EFU)1996 to 20250300

The bands show how often events of each severity were recorded in this county, to profile how severe events have been (FEMA's probability item asks for the range of intensities).

Hail smaller than 1 inch is not counted: on 2010-01-05 the National Weather Service raised its severe-hail threshold from 3/4 inch to 1 inch, so smaller reports became less common after 2009 (NWS Service Change Notice 09-52). NRI hail frequency uses a 0.75 inch threshold.

Optional: future conditions. Not a required item in the 2025 FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide; some states ask for it. The federal Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) site gives county exposure to future climate conditions (https://resilience.climate.gov/).

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-f: hazards that vary across jurisdictions

Range of census tract risk within the county

Source: 5

HazardTractsrated of allNRI risk score, 0 to 100Tracts by rating
MinMedianMax
Cold Wave9 of 970.777.594.5Relatively High 4, Relatively Moderate 5
Drought6 of 984.596.099.4Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 4, Relatively Low 1, No Rating 3
Earthquake9 of 94.45.913.5Very Low 9
Hail9 of 968.776.785.6Relatively Moderate 8, Relatively Low 1
Heat Wave9 of 974.784.396.1Relatively High 4, Relatively Moderate 5
Hurricane9 of 991.593.997.8Very High 1, Relatively High 8
Ice Storm9 of 949.961.585.2Relatively Moderate 2, Relatively Low 7
Inland Flooding9 of 918.141.674.2Relatively Moderate 3, Relatively Low 6
Landslide9 of 912.333.756.0Very Low 9
Lightning9 of 961.773.196.3Very High 1, Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 7
Strong Wind9 of 963.875.389.0Relatively High 2, Relatively Moderate 7
Tornado9 of 962.269.392.9Relatively High 2, Relatively Moderate 7
Wildfire9 of 919.278.890.1Relatively Moderate 2, Relatively Low 3, Very Low 4
Winter Weather9 of 944.452.373.6Relatively Moderate 7, Relatively Low 2

Drought: Agriculture is all of NRI's expected annual loss for this hazard in the county, so the tract range mostly reflects where crop and livestock value is.

Rated tracts only: No Rating (score 0.0), Not Applicable and Insufficient Data tracts are counted but not used for the minimum, median and maximum.

The score ranks a tract against all U.S. tracts (100 = highest). The rating is FEMA's category for the tract's risk value, computed differently, so the two can disagree.

Frequency data for cold wave, drought, hail, heat wave, ice storm, lightning, strong wind and winter weather are county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone), the same for every jurisdiction; the tract range mostly reflects where buildings and people are (crop and livestock value where a line above names agriculture).

Each jurisdiction (starting figures from federal data)

Sources: 1, 3, 4, 6

JurisdictionTypePlan statusRepetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definitionPublic Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollarsEvent records naming this placeall years; since its plan
Bee CountyCountyApproved, expires 2029-02-26FMA RL 1, SRL 1; any 5$131,485.110 total; 0 since its plan
Beeville cityCityApproved, expires 2029-02-26FMA RL 1, SRL 1; any 2$362,898.6680 total; 1 since its plan

Repetitive-loss counts are for whole NFIP communities, which can extend beyond this county (see the note in B2-c).

School districts and special districts get a plan clock row only.

County Public Assistance in B1-d also includes applicants filed under the county that are not jurisdictions in this plan (for example state agencies, special districts and nonprofits), so the jurisdiction rows add up to less.

Supports FEMA checklist items B2-a and B2-b: vulnerability and potential impacts

Local data needed

The table below gives county-level starting figures; the plan describes impacts for each jurisdiction and its own assets.

  • Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
  • A problem statement per jurisdiction per hazard
  • Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
  • Future assets
  • Texas A&M Forest Service TxWRAP for wildfire risk; Texas State Hazard Mitigation Plan hazard list for B1-a exclusions.

County-level starter: exposure, expected annual loss and damage since the plan

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

HazardBuilding exposuremodeled dollarsAgriculture exposuremodeled dollarsPopulation exposedpeopleEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearCost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damageEAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where notedStorm Events damage since 2024-02-27county-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollarsZone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zonePublic Assistance since plannominal dollars; see noteNote
Cold Wave$5,289,327,668$48,573,24630,948$21,070$108,500$1,282,4710.000398%$0
Droughtn/a$22,043,761n/an/a$1,164,950n/a5.28% (agriculture)$0NRI has no building exposure for this hazard; agriculture shown
Earthquake$9,483,246,163n/a31,047$6,017n/a$2,363under 0.0001%
Hail$5,289,327,668$48,573,24630,948$155,787$28,581$45,4440.00295%$0
Heat Wave$5,289,327,668$48,573,24630,948$33$123$1,173,156under 0.0001%$0
Hurricane$5,289,135,134$48,535,90730,947$5,950,801$211,601$437,7740.113%
Ice Storm$5,289,135,517n/a30,946$4,410n/a$62,136under 0.0001%
Inland Flooding$5,288,760,335$3,002,6391,894$3,106,630$80,788$225,221n/a (see note)NRI counts the full building value of any census block with some flood loss; this is not the value of buildings in the floodplain. Use local FIRM overlays for B2-a/B2-b.
Landslide$2,133,864n/a14$11n/aunder $10.000513%
Lightning$5,289,327,668n/a30,948$15,421n/a$202,8650.000292%
Strong Wind$5,289,327,668$48,573,24630,948$235,376$40,092$50,3450.00445%$0
Tornado$5,289,327,668$48,573,24630,948$312,552$548$1,179,1000.00591%
Wildfire$295,732,005$10,508,4223,624$55,374$208$12,0000.0187%
Winter Weather$5,289,327,668$48,573,24630,948$5,570$191$18,5140.000105%$0

Totals since 2024-02-27 (Storm Events through 2026-06-30): 11 county-coded records, 9 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $0; 34 zone-level records, 22 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $0 reported for the zone; Public Assistance: no counted declaration since the plan.

FEMA does not split Public Assistance by hazard. A declaration mapped to several hazards is listed under each of them with its full amount, so the per-hazard column does not add up to the total; the unit total counts each declaration once.

NRI computes earthquake exposure on its own basis, so it exceeds the county building value in B2-a.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-a: vulnerability (county context)

County context

Source: 5

MeasureValue
Population30,948
Building value (total, not at risk)$5,289,327,668
Agriculture value (total, not at risk)$48,573,246
NRI risk rating (all hazards)Relatively Low
Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards$11,504,633
Expected annual loss, population equivalence, all hazards (NRI values each statistical life at $13.7M; a modeled value of expected deaths and injuries, not property damage)$4,691,389
Social vulnerability ratingRelatively High
Community resilience ratingVery Low
NRI versionDecember 2025

FEMA's all-hazard expected annual loss adds buildings, agriculture and population equivalence; this table gives the property part and the population-equivalence part as separate rows.

Social vulnerability: higher means people are more likely to be harmed and slower to recover. Community resilience: lower means the community is less able to recover. High social vulnerability and low resilience both raise the NRI risk rating.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-c: repetitive loss properties

Repetitive loss in this county, both definitions

Sources: 1, 4

DefinitionPropertiesSevere repetitive lossProperties
Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)2Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)2
Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition6Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition1

The state NFIP coordinator's list, the source FEMA's Handbook names, often uses the NFIP insurance definition (second row).

Repeat-flood properties: county and state-level rows

Sources: 1, 4

ScopeRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
County total2261711
of which: Bee County (unincorporated area)1151501
of which: Beeville city1110210
Statewide, no county in FEMA's file381271319

The statewide row counts properties FEMA's file gives with no county in this state; they are listed for reference and are not in this county's counts.

Repeat-flood properties by jurisdiction in the plan (NFIP community)

Sources: 1, 4

JurisdictionNFIP community IDRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
Bee County4800261151501
Beeville city4800271110210

Counts by occupancy group for each jurisdiction are in the Excel file, sheet "B2-c Jurisdictions".

Jurisdiction rows are whole NFIP communities and need not add up to the county total: a community that extends into another county is counted in full on each jurisdiction row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.

County repeat-flood properties by occupancy group

Sources: 1, 4

Occupancy groupRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
single-family residential2251611
2 to 4 unit residential0000000
other residential0000000
non-residential0010100
not reported0000000

FEMA's occupancy groups have no institutional class; institutional properties are counted in non-residential or other residential in the table by occupancy group.

FMA RL and FMA SRL are the Flood Mitigation Assistance definitions (44 CFR 77.2), the ones the FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide cites. NFIP repetitive loss (the FEMA insurance definition) is 2 or more claims over $1,000 in 10 years, and a property can leave that group once it is mitigated. Also shown: NFIP severe repetitive loss, any category, mitigated and currently insured. The Methods page gives the OpenFEMA field details.

Counts are aggregates of FEMA's public NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (FEMA's data date 2026-08-02; file version 2026-08-04). No property is identified. County assignment is FEMA's geocode.

In this county 1 property is FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 5 properties are NFIP repetitive loss but not FMA repetitive loss.

Exact counts; no count suppression.

Sources

Tables cite these sources by number. The full list, for the plan's bibliography (FEMA review item A4-a):

  1. FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
  2. FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
  3. FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
  4. FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
  5. FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_Counties.zip (download, 25 MB), https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_CensusTracts.zip (download, 635 MB)
  6. NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/
  7. NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty
  8. U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2024 Gazetteer, 2020 place by county, CT county-to-cousub crosswalk, version 2024-gazetteer, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_unsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_elsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_scsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_place_by_county2020.txt, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.xlsx (used to match place names and codes; no table prints its values)

What this packet is and what the plan adds

This packet is the federal data for the plan's risk assessment (the summary on page 1 says how it is organized); the plan and FEMA's review decide whether each item is met.

The plan adds what only the community has: local data on assets, critical facilities, development and each jurisdiction's impacts; local hazard history, including state-declared emergencies; the mitigation strategy; and adoption.

How the federal data are built: National Risk Index values are FEMA's model, not counts of events. Storm Events is more complete from 1996; zone-level records are placed by forecast zone, not by location in the county. Public Assistance for a jurisdiction is matched by applicant name. The Methods page gives every rule and the known edge cases.

OpenFEMA disclaimer

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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Bee County, TX: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 48025). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/tx/48025/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

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