Hazard Plain Preview: automated baseline

Fort Bend County, TX

Risk-assessment baseline packet

Unit
County area 48157
Release
2026-10
As of
2026-09-28
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.

A starting point for the plan's risk assessment (FEMA Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B). It does not replace local data or FEMA review. Section headings say which FEMA review item each table supports; whether an item is satisfied is decided by the plan and its reviewers.

Hazard Plain release 2026-10, as of 2026-09-28. Independent product; not a FEMA document.

Plan clock

Status
Approved, expires 2029-10-29
Plan
Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)
Approved
2024-10-30
Expires
2029-10-29
As of
2026-09-28
Days
1,127 days to expiry

What changed since your last plan (approved 2024-10-30)

New federal declarations
none (0 declaration rows; 0 counted incidents)
Storm Events records since approval
10 (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now
FMA RL 174, SRL 85 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 637
Repeat-flood change
First release: no prior release to compare.

Sources

FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-26T121003Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)

FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-27T010817Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county: 25 rows, in the section "Plan clock: Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county" after these cover pages.

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

Plan clock

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

JurisdictionTypeStatusPlanApprovedExpiresDays to expirynegative = days since expiryUpdate underwayNotes
Fort Bend CountyCountyApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127
Arcola cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2024-11-04
Beasley cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127
Fairchilds villageVillageApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2024-11-30
Fulshear cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2024-11-04
Houston cityCityApproved, expires 2028-11-15Houston (FEMA plan 108932)2023-11-162028-11-15779
Kendleton cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2025-08-13
Meadows Place cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127
Missouri City cityCityApproved, expires 2031-04-15Harris County (FEMA plan 110989)2026-04-162031-04-151,660Also approved under plan 109424 (Fort Bend County, expires 2029-10-29). FEMA's plan status map shows one plan per jurisdiction and may show one of these; this packet uses the approved plan that expires last. member approved 2026-08-25
Needville cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127
Orchard cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2024-11-04
Pearland cityCityApproved, expires 2029-04-28Pearland (FEMA plan 109554)2024-04-292029-04-28943
Pleak villageVillageApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2024-11-30
Richmond cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2024-11-04
Rosenberg cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127
Simonton cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2024-11-04
Stafford cityCityApproved, expires 2031-04-15Harris County (FEMA plan 110989)2026-04-162031-04-151,660member approved 2026-09-03
Sugar Land cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127member approved 2025-06-04
Thompsons townTownPlan 109424 approved 2024-10-30, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleFort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424), pending adoption here2024-10-30 by FEMA; not yet adopted here2029-10-29 once adoptedFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Weston Lakes cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29Fort Bend County (FEMA plan 109424)2024-10-302029-10-291,127
Brazos Independent School DistrictSchool/School DistrictApproved, expires 2030-04-09Austin County (FEMA plan 109771)2025-04-102030-04-091,289
Katy Independent School DistrictSchool/School DistrictNo approved plan on recordnonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan in review
Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District #7Flood Control DistrictApproved, expires 2029-07-23Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District #7 (FEMA plan 109232)2024-07-242029-07-231,029
San Jacinto River AuthorityFlood Control DistrictApproved, expires 2030-04-08Waller County (FEMA plan 110285)2025-04-092030-04-081,288
Sienna Parks & Levee Improvement DistrictFlood Control DistrictNo approved plan on recordnonenonenoneFEMA tracker shows a plan awaiting revisions

Source

FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-26T121003Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)

Supports B1-a: hazards

Hazards NRI does not cover: check locally

  • 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)

Rank by EALHazardNRI risk ratingEAL ratingEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearEAL population equivalencestatistical value of life and injury, $13.7M per life, not property damageEAL total (see note)modeled dollars per yearStorm Events records since 1996countEvidence for an omissionNRI Not Applicable, no declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996Storm Events coverage note
1Inland FloodingRelatively HighRelatively High$164,792,147$3,334$3,991,962$168,787,44358
2HurricaneRelatively HighVery High$65,068,681$719,793$4,908,938$70,697,4125
3TornadoVery HighVery High$9,128,769$2,144$50,246,880$59,377,79433
4Heat WaveRelatively HighRelatively High$1,509$427$17,078,792$17,080,72815
5Cold WaveRelatively HighRelatively High$115,083$40,371$14,945,952$15,101,4061
6LightningVery HighVery High$141,178$6,546,788$6,687,96624
7Strong WindRelatively HighRelatively High$541,717$80,625$2,713,823$3,336,165123Includes 1 Strong Wind record, event types the NRI definition of this hazard leaves out.
8Ice StormRelatively HighRelatively High$77,351$1,541,132$1,618,4833
9DroughtRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$1,476,906$1,476,90615
10HailRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$378,223$25,614$407,384$811,220103
11EarthquakeRelatively LowRelatively Low$426,702$190,805$617,507Not in Storm Events. Storm Events coverage of this hazard is limited; absence is not evidence of low risk.
12WildfireRelatively LowRelatively Low$412,210$349$89,489$502,0480Declared 3 times; no Storm Events record of this type. Storm Events coverage of this hazard is limited; absence is not evidence of low risk.
13Winter WeatherRelatively LowRelatively Low$49,013$29$21,660$70,7027
14LandslideVery LowVery Low$2,100$5$2,1040No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30). Storm Events coverage of this hazard is limited; absence is not evidence of low risk.
15Coastal FloodingVery LowVery Low$212$11$2240No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
AvalancheNot ApplicableNot Applicable0NRI rates avalanche Not Applicable for this county, and no federal declaration for this county names it.No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
TsunamiNot ApplicableNot Applicable0NRI rates tsunami Not Applicable for this county, and no federal declaration for this county names it.No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30). Storm Events coverage of this hazard is limited; absence is not evidence of low risk.
Volcanic ActivityNot ApplicableNot Applicable0NRI rates volcanic activity Not Applicable for this county, and no federal declaration for this county names it.No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30). Storm Events coverage of this hazard is limited; absence is not evidence of low risk.

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

Sources

FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-28, 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)

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

Check your state hazard mitigation plan's hazard list for this county; explain any hazard you drop.

Supports B1-b: location

Where each hazard occurs

HazardLocationCensus tracts ratedrated of all tracts
AvalancheCensus tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.0 of 133
Coastal FloodingThe 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.2 of 133
Cold WaveAffects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.133 of 133
DroughtAffects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.62 of 133
EarthquakeCensus tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.133 of 133
HailAffects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.133 of 133
Heat WaveAffects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.133 of 133
HurricaneCensus tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.133 of 133
Ice StormAffects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.133 of 133
Inland FloodingThe 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.133 of 133
LandslideCensus tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.124 of 133
LightningAffects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.133 of 133
Strong WindAffects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.133 of 133
TornadoCensus tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.133 of 133
TsunamiCensus tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.0 of 133
Volcanic ActivityCensus tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.0 of 133
WildfireCensus tract rating counts from the National Risk Index tract table (see B1-f). Tract maps and place names are not in this packet.131 of 133
Winter WeatherAffects the whole planning area; national data do not distinguish locations within the county. Confirm locally.133 of 133

Source

FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-28, 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)

Supports B1-c: extent

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

HazardScaleRecordscount, yearsObserved rangeWorst recorded eventMost damaging (when different)How it applies to membersNote
Avalanchenone (count and damage)0Physical measure: in event narratives only; local data required.
Coastal Flood, Storm Surge/Tidenone in data (FIRM for depth)0Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map.
Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chillwind chill1, 2021 to 2021 (1 zone-level)2 days; 1 with a recorded value2 consecutive days, 2021-02-15 to 2021-02-16, 3 direct deaths, zone-levelZone-level records: applies countywide; national data do not locate these events within the county.Wind chill: in event narratives only; local data required.
Frost/Freeze (outside NRI Cold Wave definition)crop damage0Temperature: in event narratives only; local data required.
DroughtUS Drought Monitor D-scale15, 1996 to 2023 (15 zone-level)61 days to 123 days (median 91 days); 5 with a recorded value123 days (4 months), 1998-05-01 to 1998-08-31, a run of 4 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-levelDrought, 1998-08-01, $1,000,000 property; $7,300,000 crops, reported for the zone (1998 dollars)Zone-level records: applies countywide; national data do not locate these events within the county.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)0No Storm Events record; local data required (e.g., USGS).
Hailhail size (inches)129, 1961 to 20260.75 in to 2.75 in (median 1 in); 129 with a recorded value2.75 in hail, 2024-03-16; same size also recorded on 1999-05-30, 2001-04-16Hail, 2001-04-16, $2,000,000 property; crops not reported (2001 dollars)Event records naming member places: Needville city (12 records), Richmond city (11 records), Fulshear city (5 records), Missouri City city (5 records), Rosenberg city (5 records), Stafford city (4 records), Arcola city (3 records), Beasley city (3 records), Orchard city (2 records), Simonton city (2 records); and 2 more member places (see the XLSX file).
Excessive Heat, Heatheat index (narratives)15, 1999 to 2023 (15 zone-level)2 days to 31 days (median 5 days); 13 with a recorded value31 days, 1999-08-01 to 1999-08-31, from 1 monthly summary record (a monthly summary record covers most or all of a month; it does not count days at wave conditions), zone-levelZone-level records: applies countywide; national data do not locate these events within the county.Heat index: in event narratives only; local data required.
Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical DepressionSaffir-Simpson5, 1998 to 2021 (5 zone-level)Strongest recorded (records with damage, a wind speed or direct casualties first, then storm type, category and wind): Hurricane (Typhoon) record, 2008-09-12 to 2008-09-13, category 1, $400,000,000 property; crops not reported, reported for the zone (2008 dollars); NWS zone TXZ227 (FORT BEND), zone-level: may include parts of neighboring countiesZone-level records: applies countywide; national data do not locate these events within the county.Storm Events files every zone of a storm's episode under the storm's event type and category, so a Hurricane (Typhoon) record, especially an inland or remnant one, does not by itself mean hurricane-force winds here; read the damage and wind columns.
Ice StormSperry-Piltz (local data)3, 1997 to 2011 (3 zone-level)Ice Storm, 2007-01-16, $2,000 property; $0 crops, reported for the zone (2007 dollars); NWS zone TXZ227 (FORT BEND), zone-level: may include parts of neighboring countiesZone-level records: applies countywide; national data do not locate these events within the county.Ice thickness: in event narratives only; local data required.
Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flooddamage and flood days (FIRM for depth)58, 1997 to 2021 (2 zone-level)Flash Flood, 2017-08-26, $8,000,000,000 property; $50,000 crops (2017 dollars), 3 direct deathsEvent records naming member places: Rosenberg city (8 records), Richmond city (7 records), Fulshear city (4 records), Kendleton city (3 records), Stafford city (3 records), Arcola city (2 records), Needville city (2 records), Simonton city (2 records), Beasley city (1 record). Zone-level records (2) apply countywide.Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. Storm Events damage can be $0 or blank even for a major flood, so the worst record here may not be the worst flood; compare FEMA Public Assistance by declaration in B1-d.
Debris Flownone (count and damage)0Physical measure: in event narratives only; local data required.
Lightningannualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names)24, 1996 to 2026Lightning, 2003-07-23, damage not reported, 1 direct death, 2 direct injuriesLightning, 2013-05-10, $130,000 property; $0 crops (2013 dollars)Event records naming member places: Stafford city (4 records), Richmond city (3 records), Needville city (2 records), Rosenberg city (2 records), Kendleton city (1 record).Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties; physical measure in event narratives only; local data required.
High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI Strong Wind definition)wind speed (kt and mph)1, 1997 to 1997 (1 zone-level)No wind speed recorded in 1 records.Strong Wind, 1997-02-20, $15,000 property; crops not reported, reported for the zone (1997 dollars)Zone-level records: applies countywide; national data do not locate these events within the county.
Thunderstorm Windwind speed (kt and mph)163, 1955 to 202650 kt (58 mph) to 70 kt (81 mph) (median 52 kt (60 mph)); 98 with a recorded value70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust, Thunderstorm Wind, 2009-09-03Thunderstorm Wind, 2000-05-02, $0 property; $2,000,000 crops (2000 dollars)Event records naming member places: Richmond city (12 records), Rosenberg city (12 records), Needville city (10 records), Fulshear city (8 records), Missouri City city (5 records), Orchard city (5 records), Stafford city (5 records), Beasley city (4 records), Simonton city (3 records), Fairchilds village (2 records); and 5 more member places (see the XLSX file).
TornadoEnhanced Fujita (F before Feb 2007)60, 1950 to 2023F/EF0 to F/EF3 (median F/EF0); 57 with a recorded valueF3 tornado, 1965-04-19, 0.2 mi path length (records before 1996 may include the whole path; rating and listing come from the county where the tornado began), 150 yd wide, $25,000 property; crops not recorded (1965 dollars), 1 direct death, 3 direct injuriesTornado, 1998-02-16, $3,700,000 property; crops not reported (1998 dollars)Event records naming member places: Needville city (4 records), Stafford city (4 records), Rosenberg city (2 records), Arcola city (1 record), Beasley city (1 record), Fairchilds village (1 record), Fulshear city (1 record), Kendleton city (1 record), Missouri City city (1 record), Pleak village (1 record); and 1 more member place (see the XLSX file).From 1996 on, tornado records are per-county segments and length is the path length within this county (NWS Instruction 10-1605); records before 1996 may give the whole path length, including the path outside this county, and before 1996 a tornado is listed once, under the county where it began, with the whole path's rating; counties farther along the path may not list it. Length is not used to rank tornadoes.
Tsunaminone (count and damage)0Physical measure: in event narratives only; local data required.
Volcanic Ash, Volcanic AshfallVolcanic Explosivity Index (local data)0Physical measure: in event narratives only; local data required.
Wildfireacres burned (local data)0Acres burned: in event narratives only; local data required.
Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleetnone in data (snowfall local)7, 2004 to 2025 (7 zone-level)No damage reported in 7 records.Zone-level records: applies countywide; national data do not locate these events within the county.Snow depth: in event narratives only; local data required.

Where a hazard names more than 10 member places, the table lists the 10 with the most records; every place is in the XLSX file, sheet "B1-c Extent".

Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records are placed with NWS zone-county files, which exist from 2020 on; an earlier record is placed by its zone number in the nearest later file only when its zone name matches that file, records from zones NWS renumbered are placed by name or left out, and a record whose zone is in no known file is left out of every count, so counts before 2020 can be low. Some current zones are also missing from the NWS files, so recent counts can be low too.

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

Sources

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty

Supports B1-d: previous occurrences

Declaration rows
28
Counted incidents
21

Federal disaster declarations for this county

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazardCounty Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollarsFlagsNotes
2024-07-092024-07-05DR-4798-TXMajor disasterHURRICANE BERYLHurricane$17,722,052.98during plan review, check whether your last plan included it; within last 5 years
2021-02-192021-02-11DR-4586-TXMajor disasterSEVERE WINTER STORMSIce Storm$1,257,600.90
2021-02-142021-02-11EM-3554-TXEmergencySEVERE WINTER STORMIce Stormnone foundsame incident as DR-4586
2020-08-242020-08-23EM-3540-TXEmergencyTROPICAL STORMS MARCO AND LAURAHurricane$34,610.16
2020-07-262020-07-25EM-3530-TXEmergencyHURRICANE HANNAHurricanenone found
2020-03-252020-01-20DR-4485-TXMajor disasterCOVID-19 PANDEMICNon-natural, not counted$31,445,212.72
2020-03-132020-01-20EM-3458-TXEmergencyCOVID-19Non-natural, not countednone foundsame incident as DR-4485
2017-08-252017-08-23DR-4332-TXMajor disasterHURRICANE HARVEYHurricane$46,615,701
2016-06-112016-05-22DR-4272-TXMajor disasterSEVERE STORMS AND FLOODINGInland Flooding$2,668,808.01
2016-04-252016-04-17DR-4269-TXMajor disasterSEVERE STORMS AND FLOODINGInland Flooding$254,921.23
2015-05-292015-05-04DR-4223-TXMajor disasterSEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND FLOODINGInland Flooding; Strong Wind; TornadoPA not declared for this county
2008-09-132008-09-07DR-1791-TXMajor disasterHURRICANE IKEHurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding$23,117,682.41
2008-09-102008-09-07EM-3294-TXEmergencyHURRICANE IKEHurricane$0same incident as DR-1791
2008-08-292008-08-27EM-3290-TXEmergencyHURRICANE GUSTAVHurricanenone found
2007-08-182007-08-17EM-3277-TXEmergencyHURRICANE DEANHurricanenone found
2006-05-262006-05-26FM-2639-TXFire managementLAKE OLYMPIA FIREWildfirenone found
2006-01-112005-11-27DR-1624-TXMajor disasterEXTREME WILDFIRE THREATWildfirenone found
2005-09-242005-09-23DR-1606-TXMajor disasterHURRICANE RITAHurricane$606,324.75
2005-09-212005-09-20EM-3261-TXEmergencyHURRICANE RITAHurricane$159,722.09same incident as DR-1606
2005-09-022005-08-29EM-3216-TXEmergencyHURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATIONHurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not counted$90,383.36
2002-11-052002-10-24DR-1439-TXMajor disasterSEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES AND FLOODINGInland Flooding; TornadoPA not declared for this county
2001-06-092001-06-05DR-1379-TXMajor disasterTX-TROPICAL STORM ALLISON-06-06-2001Hurricane$63,293.81
1999-09-011999-08-01EM-3142-TXEmergencyEXTREME FIRE HAZARDSWildfirenone found
1998-10-211998-10-17DR-1257-TXMajor disasterTX-FLOODING 10/18/98Inland Flooding (primary); also designated: Tornado$17,376.64
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
1994-10-181994-10-14DR-1041-TXMajor disasterSEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODINGInland FloodingPA not declared for this county
1991-12-261991-12-20DR-930-TXMajor disasterSEVERE THUNDERSTORMSInland FloodingPA not declared for this county
1983-08-191983-08-18DR-689-TXMajor disasterHURRICANE ALICIAHurricanenone found

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.

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

Statewide declarations

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazardFlagsNotes
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. Listed on every county page in the state; not counted with county rows.

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.

Source

FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-27T010817Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)

Public Assistance filed under this county for declarations that do not list it: 1 row, $5,196.96

FEMA numberDeclaredTitleApplicantPA obligatedfederal share obligated, nominal dollars
DR-1709-TX2007-06-29SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODINGStafford Municipal School District$5,196.96

FEMA's Public Assistance summaries file these applicants under this county, but FEMA's declaration rows for these disasters do not designate it (an electric cooperative or district serving several counties, for example). Not in any declaration row above and not counted.

Public Assistance not placed in a county in this state: 1 row, $902,084.65

Disaster numberDeclaredApplicantCounty field in FEMA dataPA obligatedfederal share obligated, nominal dollarsWhy not placed
17912008-09-13AOF/Houston Affordable Housing CorporationFulton County$902,084.65county field is a county of another state and the applicant name does not identify a place in the declaring state

FEMA's Public Assistance summaries file these applicants under a county field that is not a county of this state (an Alaska school area, the former Valdez-Cordova Census Area, or another state's county), and the applicant name does not identify one place here. They are listed for the whole state and are not in any county total. Check whether any of them worked in your county.

Previous occurrences by hazard, with explicit no-event rows

HazardStorm Events recordsfull periodSince plan approvalrecordsDuring plan reviewrecordsLast 5 yearsrecordsDeclared incidentsdistinct incidentsDeclared since approvaldistinct incidentsPeriodStatement
Avalanche0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Coastal Flooding0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Cold Wave1000001996 to 2026-06-30
Drought15006001996 to 2026-06-30
Earthquake000000No Storm Events record; local data required (e.g., USGS).
Hail12941118001955 to 2026-06-30
Heat Wave15007001996 to 2026-06-30
Hurricane50001001996 to 2026-06-30
Ice Storm3000101996 to 2026-06-30
Inland Flooding58001801996 to 2026-06-30
Landslide0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Lightning24101001996 to 2026-06-30
Strong Wind1644512101955 to 2026-06-30Includes 1 Strong Wind record, event types the NRI definition of this hazard leaves out.
Tornado60002301950 to 2026-06-30
Tsunami0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Volcanic Activity0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Wildfire0000301996 to 2026-06-30No Storm Events records of this type; 3 federal declared incidents (see declarations table)
Winter Weather7102001996 to 2026-06-30

Sources

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-27T010817Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)

NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty

Notable Storm Events records

DateEvent typeMagnitude or extentDamagenominal dollarsDirect deaths, injuriesindirect not countedLocationFlagsWhy listed
2024-03-16Hail2.75 in$0 property; $0 crops (2024 dollars)0, 0NEEDVILLEduring plan review, check whether your last plan included it; within last 5 yearsB1-c worst recorded: Hail
2021-02-15Cold/Wind Chill$1,600,000 property; crops not reported, reported for the zone (2021 dollars)3, 0NWS zone TXZ227 (FORT BEND), zone-level: may include parts of neighboring countiesdeaths or injuries recorded
2017-08-26Flash Flood$8,000,000,000 property; $50,000 crops (2017 dollars)3, 0KENDLETON to KATYdeaths or injuries recorded
2013-05-10Lightning$130,000 property; $0 crops (2013 dollars)0, 0CLODINEB1-c most damaging: Lightning
2009-09-03Thunderstorm Wind70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust$3,000 property; $0 crops (2009 dollars)0, 0CLODINEB1-c worst recorded: Thunderstorm Wind
2008-09-12Hurricane (Typhoon)category 1$400,000,000 property; crops not reported, reported for the zone (2008 dollars)0, 0NWS zone TXZ227 (FORT BEND), zone-level: may include parts of neighboring countiesB1-c worst recorded: Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression
2007-01-16Ice Storm$2,000 property; $0 crops, reported for the zone (2007 dollars)0, 0NWS zone TXZ227 (FORT BEND), zone-level: may include parts of neighboring countiesB1-c worst recorded: Ice Storm
2003-07-23Lightningdamage not reported1, 2SUGARLANDB1-c worst recorded: Lightning
1999-08-01Heatdamage not reported0, 0NWS zone TXZ227 (FORT BEND), zone-level: may include parts of neighboring countiesB1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat
1998-05-01Droughtdamage not reported0, 0NWS zone TXZ227 (FORT BEND), zone-level: may include parts of neighboring countiesB1-c worst recorded: Drought
1998-02-16TornadoF1, 1.2 mi within this county, 200 yd wide$3,700,000 property; crops not reported (1998 dollars)0, 4SUGARLANDB1-c most damaging: Tornado
1965-04-19TornadoF3, 0.2 mi path length (records before 1996 may include the whole path; rating and listing come from the county where the tornado began), 150 yd wide$25,000 property; crops not recorded (1965 dollars)1, 3location not recordeddeaths or injuries recorded

The full list is in the XLSX file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (481 rows).

Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records are placed with NWS zone-county files, which exist from 2020 on; an earlier record is placed by its zone number in the nearest later file only when its zone name matches that file, records from zones NWS renumbered are placed by name or left out, and a record whose zone is in no known file is left out of every count, so counts before 2020 can be low. Some current zones are also missing from the NWS files, so recent counts can be low too.

Sources

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty

FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-26T121003Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)

State-declared emergencies are not in federal data. Add them from your state emergency management agency.

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

Supports B1-e: probability

Probability: FEMA annualized frequency and descriptor per hazard

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
Avalancheevents per year1994 to 2023 (30 years)see B1-fNot Applicable in NRI for this county; no descriptor.
Coastal Flooding0.012events per year at a location (modeled)about 0.012 per year at a given location in the countyStorm Events records in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)not shownmodeledsee B1-fNo Storm Events record of this hazard, 1996 to 2025; descriptor not assigned (the NRI value is the chance at a location in the county, not how often the hazard affects the county)
Cold Wave0.474event-days per yearabout 0.474 days per yearPossibleevent-days in 1 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (3.33%)92005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywideFrost/Freeze records are not counted in this descriptor: they record crop freezes, not cold waves.
Drought26.2event-days per yearabout 26.2 days per yearLikelyevent-days in 5 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (16.7%)9172000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only)countywideNRI gives about 26.2 drought event-days a year here (its annualized frequency over 25.25 years; not its event count divided by the years), but Storm Events has a record in only 5 of 30 years. NRI counts from a different source that records far more events than Storm Events, so this descriptor reads much lower than NRI's frequency; read the two together.
Earthquake0.000464annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.0464%not shownmodeledsee B1-fDescriptor not assigned: the NRI value is the chance at a location in the county, not how often the hazard affects the county, and Storm Events does not record earthquakes.
Hail2.11events per yearabout 2.11 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)80.0 (modeled)1986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Heat Wave14.3event-days per yearabout 14.3 days per yearLikelyevent-days in 4 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (13.3%)2412005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywideNRI gives about 14.3 heat wave event-days a year here (its annualized frequency over 19 years; not its event count divided by the years), but Storm Events has a record in only 4 of 30 years. NRI counts from a different source that records far more events than Storm Events, so this descriptor reads much lower than NRI's frequency; read the two together.
Hurricane0.175events per yearabout 1 in 6 yearsLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)591851 to 2024 (Atlantic)see B1-fNRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are counted separately in B1-d and need not match.
Ice Storm0.825event-days per yearabout 0.825 days per yearLikelyevent-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)561946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years)countywide
Inland Flooding1.68event-days per yearabout 1.68 days per yearLikelyevent-days in 21 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (70%)471996 to 2023 (28 years)see B1-f
Landslide0.0949events per year (modeled)about 1 in 11 yearsPossibleFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shownmodeledsee B1-f
Lightning74.3days per year with a strikeabout 74.3 days per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS)countywide
Strong Wind1.36events per yearabout 1.36 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)521986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Tornado0.766events per yearabout 0.77 per yearLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1)see B1-f
Tsunamiannual probability at the most exposed location (used in place of a county value)not shownmodeledsee B1-fNot Applicable in NRI for this county; no descriptor.
Volcanic Activityannual probabilitynot shownmodeledsee B1-fNot Applicable in NRI for this county; no descriptor.
Wildfire0.00161annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.161%Storm Events records in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)not shownmodeledsee B1-fNo Storm Events record of this hazard, 1996 to 2025; descriptor not assigned (the NRI value is the chance at a location in the county, not how often the hazard affects the county)
Winter Weather1.11event-days per yearabout 1.11 days per yearLikelyevent-days in 6 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (20%)212005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywideNRI gives about 1.11 winter weather event-days a year here (its annualized frequency over 19 years; not its event count divided by the years), but Storm Events has a record in only 6 of 30 years. NRI counts from a different source that records far more events than Storm Events, so this descriptor reads much lower than NRI's frequency; read the two together.

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) comes from the National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025). It is not recorded events divided by years, and what it measures depends on the hazard. For most hazards it estimates how often the hazard affects this county each year: it counts events or event-days (drought, heat wave, cold wave, winter weather, ice storm and inland flooding are in days per year; lightning is the number of days per year with a recorded cloud-to-ground strike, from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center daily lightning climatology); it may count events in the surrounding area (hail, strong wind, tornado, hurricane and ice storm use a 49 km grid and buffers) and is averaged over the county's area; and some hazards use a minimum value for places with no recorded event. Earthquake, wildfire and coastal flooding are different: FEMA computes them for each census block and averages them over the county, so the value is the chance (for coastal flooding, the modeled number of floods per year) at a location in the county, which is lower than the chance that the hazard strikes somewhere in the county. Earthquake is the chance of at least minor-damage shaking (U.S. Geological Survey model); wildfire is the chance that a location burns in a large fire (U.S. Forest Service burn probability); coastal flooding comes from FEMA flood zones and NOAA high-tide flooding, so it can be above 1 where high-tide flooding is frequent. Tsunami is the value at the county's most exposed location, from recorded events and modeled return periods. For these four hazards the packet gives no "1 in N years" and takes the descriptor from Storm Events (none for earthquake) unless the value is 1 or more a year. Landslide is a U.S. Geological Survey modeled county rate spread by slope susceptibility. Volcanic activity is the chance that a volcano affecting the county erupts in a year. Drought counts only extreme and exceptional drought (D3 and D4). Source: FEMA, National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20, sections 5.2.2 (Table 5), 5.2.3, 7.4, 10.4, 16.5, 17.1, 17.3.1, 17.5, 20.3.1, 21.4, 22.4 and 6 to 23.

Sources

FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-28, 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)

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

Descriptor scale used in this packet (defined per unit)

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

Sources

FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-28, 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)

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)

HazardBandYearsEventscounty-coded recordsYears in periodEvents per yearevents / years
Hail1.00-1.99 in1996 to 202552301.73
Hail2.00 in+1996 to 20258300.267
Strong Wind (Thunderstorm Wind records)50-64 kt1996 to 202584302.8
Strong Wind (Thunderstorm Wind records)65 kt+1996 to 20252300.0667
Strong Wind (Thunderstorm Wind records)unmeasured or below 50 kt1996 to 202533301.1
TornadoEF0-11996 to 202530301
TornadoEF2-31996 to 20253300.1
TornadoEF4-51996 to 20250300
Tornadounrated (EFU)1996 to 20250300

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.

Source

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

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.

Supports B1-f: variation across the planning area

Range of census tract risk within the county

HazardTractsrated of allRisk score minNRI score, 0 to 100MedianMaxTracts by ratingNote
Avalanche0 of 133Not Applicable 133
Coastal Flooding2 of 13372.273.073.8Very Low 2, Not Applicable 131
Cold Wave133 of 13336.766.290.4Relatively High 12, Relatively Moderate 110, Relatively Low 11National data give a county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone) frequency for this hazard, so they cannot show members' hazard differing. The tract range above mostly reflects where buildings and people are. Confirm locally.
Drought62 of 13367.076.998.7Relatively High 2, Relatively Moderate 5, Relatively Low 17, Very Low 38, No Rating 71National data give a county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone) frequency for this hazard, so they cannot show members' hazard differing. Agriculture is all of NRI's expected annual loss for this hazard in the county, so the tract range above mostly reflects where crop and livestock value is, not where buildings and people are. Confirm locally.
Earthquake133 of 1333.113.951.4Relatively Low 1, Very Low 132
Hail133 of 13324.443.970.3Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 96, Very Low 36National data give a county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone) frequency for this hazard, so they cannot show members' hazard differing. The tract range above mostly reflects where buildings and people are. Confirm locally.
Heat Wave133 of 13343.580.895.5Relatively High 48, Relatively Moderate 77, Relatively Low 8National data give a county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone) frequency for this hazard, so they cannot show members' hazard differing. The tract range above mostly reflects where buildings and people are. Confirm locally.
Hurricane133 of 13370.488.598.0Very High 1, Relatively High 47, Relatively Moderate 83, Relatively Low 2
Ice Storm133 of 13336.670.890.9Relatively High 2, Relatively Moderate 71, Relatively Low 60National data give a county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone) frequency for this hazard, so they cannot show members' hazard differing. The tract range above mostly reflects where buildings and people are. Confirm locally.
Inland Flooding133 of 1337.271.999.7Very High 17, Relatively High 31, Relatively Moderate 50, Relatively Low 32, Very Low 3
Landslide124 of 13312.351.889.1Relatively Low 4, Very Low 120, No Rating 9
Lightning133 of 13352.689.299.1Very High 13, Relatively High 88, Relatively Moderate 32National data give a county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone) frequency for this hazard, so they cannot show members' hazard differing. The tract range above mostly reflects where buildings and people are. Confirm locally.
Strong Wind133 of 13323.856.188.7Relatively High 3, Relatively Moderate 70, Relatively Low 60National data give a county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone) frequency for this hazard, so they cannot show members' hazard differing. The tract range above mostly reflects where buildings and people are. Confirm locally.
Tornado133 of 13359.790.199.8Very High 48, Relatively High 70, Relatively Moderate 15
Tsunami0 of 133Not Applicable 133
Volcanic Activity0 of 133Not Applicable 133
Wildfire131 of 13319.847.791.2Relatively Moderate 4, Relatively Low 40, Very Low 87, No Rating 2
Winter Weather133 of 13316.322.941.5Relatively Low 125, Very Low 8National data give a county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone) frequency for this hazard, so they cannot show members' hazard differing. The tract range above mostly reflects where buildings and people are. Confirm locally.

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.

Source

FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-28, 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)

Per-member block (Starter, confirm locally)

MemberTypePlan statusRepetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definitionPublic Assistance matchedfederal share obligated, nominal dollarsEvent records naming this placeall years; since the member's planNotes
Fort Bend CountyCountyApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 71, SRL 29; any 276$78,014,110.860; 0Includes $31,332,451.86 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX, EM-3216-TX).
Arcola cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 2, SRL 0; any 5$1,070,859.157; 0
Beasley cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$2,505.609; 0
Fairchilds villageVillageApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 1, SRL 1; any 4none found3; 0
Fulshear cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 0, SRL 2; any 4$500,170.2818; 0
Houston cityCityApproved, expires 2028-11-15FMA RL 3,923, SRL 2,948; any 11,098none found0; 0Whole community, including the part in Comal County, Galveston County, Harris County, Montgomery County, Smith County and Trinity County, plus 8 properties with no county in FEMA's file; in-county portion (county table): FMA RL 4, FMA SRL 6, NFIP RL 21, NFIP SRL 2, any category 25.
Kendleton cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1$272,503.557; 0
Meadows Place cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 5$212,344.490; 0
Missouri City cityCityApproved, expires 2031-04-15FMA RL 2, SRL 8; any 56$2,052,975.0611; 0Also approved under plan 109424 (Fort Bend County, expires 2029-10-29). FEMA's plan status map shows one plan per jurisdiction and may show one of these; this packet uses the approved plan that expires last. Whole community, including the part in Harris County; in-county portion (county table): FMA RL 2, FMA SRL 8, NFIP RL 47, NFIP SRL 8, any category 47.
Needville cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 1, SRL 0; any 6none found30; 0
Orchard cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 1, SRL 0; any 1none found7; 0
Pearland cityCityApproved, expires 2029-04-28FMA RL 160, SRL 135; any 400none found1; 0Whole community, including the part in Angelina County, Brazoria County and Harris County; none of its repeat-flood properties are in this county.
Pleak villageVillageApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 5, SRL 1; any 15$5,827.874; 0
Richmond cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 3, SRL 6; any 27$1,115,313.9934; 0
Rosenberg cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 0, SRL 1; any 12$1,948,150.7429; 0
Simonton cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 83, SRL 29; any 136$247,924.027; 0
Stafford cityCityApproved, expires 2031-04-15FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 12$1,484,252.7220; 0Whole community, including the part in Harris County; in-county portion (county table): FMA RL 0, FMA SRL 0, NFIP RL 9, NFIP SRL 0, any category 9.
Sugar Land cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 18$13,889,542.180; 0Includes $194,960.54 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX, EM-3216-TX).
Thompsons townTownPlan 109424 approved 2024-10-30, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 7none found1; no approved plan
Weston Lakes cityCityApproved, expires 2029-10-29FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$56,357.870; 0

Member 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 member row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.

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

Sources

FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-26T121003Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)

FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)

FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-26T151157Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

Supports B2-a and B2-b: assets and impacts

Local data required

County-level starter. The plan must describe impacts for each participant and its own assets.

  • Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
  • A problem statement per participant per hazard
  • Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
  • Future assets

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

HazardBuilding exposuremodeled dollarsAgriculture exposuremodeled dollarsPopulation exposedpeopleEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearEAL population equivalencestatistical value of life and injury, $13.7M per life, not property damageEAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where notedStorm Events damage since 2024-10-30county-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollarsZone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zonePublic Assistance since plannominal dollars; see noteNote
AvalancheNot Applicable in NRI for this county
Coastal Flooding$6,201,0719$212$110.00343%
Cold Wave$155,989,229,508$109,493,651822,580$115,083$40,371$14,945,952under 0.0001%
Drought$75,425,383$1,476,9061.96% (agriculture)NRI has no building exposure for this hazard; agriculture shown
Earthquake$257,618,182,816822,779$426,702$190,8050.000166%
Hail$155,989,354,452$109,493,651822,581$378,223$25,614$407,3840.000242%$0
Heat Wave$155,989,229,508$109,493,651822,580$1,509$427$17,078,792under 0.0001%
Hurricane$155,978,241,755$107,908,853822,483$65,068,681$719,793$4,908,9380.0417%
Ice Storm$155,951,535,093822,268$77,351$1,541,132under 0.0001%
Inland Flooding$155,873,026,181$19,069,57926,850$164,792,147$3,334$3,991,962n/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. EAL as % of exposure: n/a.
Landslide$405,094,9152,078$2,100$50.000518%
Lightning$155,989,354,452822,581$141,178$6,546,788under 0.0001%$25,000
Strong Wind$155,989,354,452$109,493,651822,581$541,717$80,625$2,713,8230.000347%$3,000
Tornado$155,989,354,452$109,493,651822,581$9,128,769$2,144$50,246,8800.00585%
TsunamiNot Applicable in NRI for this county
Volcanic ActivityNot Applicable in NRI for this county
Wildfire$11,971,136,740$27,164,51593,642$412,210$349$89,4890.00344%
Winter Weather$155,989,229,508$109,493,651822,580$49,013$29$21,660under 0.0001%$0

Totals since 2024-10-30 (Storm Events through 2026-06-30): 9 county-coded records, 9 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $28,000; 1 zone-level records, 1 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $0 reported for the zone; Public Assistance on counted declarations none found (0 declarations, 0 with PA).

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

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 must not be added up; the unit total counts each declaration once.

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

Sources

FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-28, 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)

NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/

NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty

FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-27T010817Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)

FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-26T151157Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)

FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-26T121003Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)

Texas A&M Forest Service TxWRAP for wildfire risk; Texas State Hazard Mitigation Plan hazard list for B1-a exclusions.

Supports B2-a: context

County context

MeasureValue
Population822,581
Building value (total, not at risk)$155,989,354,452
Agriculture value (total, not at risk)$109,493,651
NRI risk rating (all hazards)Relatively High
Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards$243,484,488
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)$102,683,621
Social vulnerability ratingVery Low
Community resilience ratingRelatively High
NRI versionDecember 2025

FEMA's all-hazard expected annual loss total adds buildings, agriculture and population equivalence; the two parts are shown separately so the property figure is not read as including the statistical value of life.

Source

FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-28, 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)

Supports B2-c: repetitive loss

Repetitive loss in this county, both definitions

DefinitionPropertiesSevere repetitive lossProperties
Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)174Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)85
Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition614Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition69

Your state NFIP coordinator's list may use the NFIP insurance definition, so its counts can be higher.

Repeat-flood properties: county and state-level rows

ScopeRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
County total174856146963718307
FORT BEND COUNTY *7129271252765151
RICHMOND, CITY OF362762706
ROSENBERG, CITY OF011211201
STAFFORD, CITY OF0090903
SUGAR LAND, CITY OF001801805
HOUSTON, CITY OF462122518
KATY, CITY OF (plan member listed on the Harris County page)011211208
MISSOURI CITY, CITY OF2847847012
NEEDVILLE, CITY OF1060604
FORT BEND COUNTY M.U.D. #2 (community ID not in plan data)0010100
FORT BEND COUNTY L.I.D. #2 (community ID not in plan data)0141501
PECAN GROVE M.U.D. (community ID not in plan data)001001003
FULSHEAR, CITY OF0242400
KENDLETON, CITY OF0010100
MEADOWS PLACE, CITY OF0050501
SIMONTON, CITY OF8329124211361278
KINGSBRIDGE M.U.D. (community ID not in plan data)1040400
CHELFORD M.U.D., CITY (community ID not in plan data)0020200
FIRST COLONY L.I.D. (community ID not in plan data)0020202
FORT BEND COUNTY M.U.D. #30 (community ID not in plan data)0010100
WEST KEEGANS BAYOU IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (community ID not in plan data)0020201
PLEAK, VILLAGE OF5114115013
ARCOLA CITY OF2050504
THOMPSONS, TOWN OF0070705
ORCHARD, CITY OF1010100
FAIRCHILDS, VILLAGE OF1141401
State level, not in this county: county not reported381271319

12 of the county's repeat-flood properties belong to NFIP communities whose plan member is not listed on this page (the community rows above name the page that lists it).

Repeat-flood properties by plan member (NFIP community)

MemberNFIP community IDRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredpropertiesNote
Fort Bend County4802287129271252765151
Arcola city4816192050504
Beasley city4816540000000
Fairchilds village4816751141401
Fulshear city4814880242400
Houston city4802963,9232,9489,4892,19911,0984995,362Whole community, including the part in Comal County, Galveston County, Harris County, Montgomery County, Smith County and Trinity County, plus 8 properties with no county in FEMA's file; in-county portion (county table): FMA RL 4, FMA SRL 6, NFIP RL 21, NFIP SRL 2, any category 25.
Kendleton city4815510010100
Meadows Place city4815630050501
Missouri City city4803042856856016Whole community, including the part in Harris County; in-county portion (county table): FMA RL 2, FMA SRL 8, NFIP RL 47, NFIP SRL 8, any category 47.
Needville city4808201060604
Orchard city4816551010100
Pearland city4800771601352968840037210Whole community, including the part in Angelina County, Brazoria County and Harris County; none of its repeat-flood properties are in this county.
Pleak village4816155114115013
Richmond city480231362762706
Rosenberg city480232011211201
Simonton city4815648329124211361278
Stafford city480233001201203Whole community, including the part in Harris County; in-county portion (county table): FMA RL 0, FMA SRL 0, NFIP RL 9, NFIP SRL 0, any category 9.
Sugar Land city480234001801805
Thompsons town4816420070705
Weston Lakes city4811970000000

Per-member types: XLSX sheet 'B2-c Members'.

Member 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 member row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.

County repeat-flood properties by occupancy group

Occupancy groupRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
single-family residential169755606058217285
2 to 4 unit residential1040402
other residential172272205
non-residential3328229115
not reported0000000

Institutional properties cannot be separated in this data: FEMA's occupancy groups have no institutional class, so they fall 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; OpenFEMA's fmaRl field description omits the Increased Cost of Compliance clause of 44 CFR 77.2(i). NFIP repetitive loss (FEMA insurance definition, nfipRl) is 2 or more claims over $1,000 in 10 years and can drop to false when a property is mitigated. Also shown: NFIP severe repetitive loss, any category, mitigated and currently insured.

Your state NFIP coordinator's list may use the NFIP insurance definition, so its counts can be higher.

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

Counts may differ from your state NFIP coordinator's list, which is the source the Handbook names.

In this county 15 properties are FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 455 properties are NFIP repetitive loss but not FMA repetitive loss.

Exact counts; no count suppression.

Sources

Every table above lists its own sources. The full list, for the plan's bibliography (FEMA review item A4-a):

  1. FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-26T121003Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
  2. FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-27T010817Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
  3. FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-26T151157Z, pulled 2026-09-28, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
  4. FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-28, 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 2026-09-28, 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 2026-09-28, 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 2026-09-28, 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 2026-09-28, 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

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