Summary
Plan status as of 2026-09-30: Approved, expires 2026-10-27. Plan: Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537), approved 2021-10-28.
Update: FEMA tracker shows a plan in review.
Since the plan was approved on 2021-10-28: 2 new hazard declarations (2 incidents): DR-4798-TX (Hurricane Beryl), DR-4871-TX (Severe Storms and Flooding).
NOAA Storm Events records since that date: 231 records (data through 2026-06-30).
Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Hurricane ($126,725,498 a year), Cold Wave ($87,844,565) and Inland Flooding ($55,346,642).
Repetitive-loss flood properties now: FMA RL 79, SRL 41 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 533.
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 2026-10-27
- Plan:
- Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537)
- Approved:
- 2021-10-28
- Days to expiry:
- 27
- Update underway:
- FEMA tracker shows a plan in review
What changed since your last plan (approved 2021-10-28)
- New federal declarations:
- 2 new hazard declarations (2 incidents): DR-4798-TX (Hurricane Beryl), DR-4871-TX (Severe Storms and Flooding)
- Storm Events records since approval:
- 231 records (data through 2026-06-30)
- Repetitive loss now:
- FMA RL 79, SRL 41 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 533
- 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: 39 rows, in the section "Plan clock: Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county" on the following 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
Source: 1
| Jurisdiction | Type | Status | Plan | Approved | Expires | Days to expirynegative = days since expiry | Update underway | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo County | County | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | |
| Name not given in FEMA data (ID 4826130) | Special District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Alamo city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Alton city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Donna city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Edcouch city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Edinburg city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Elsa city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Granjeno city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Hidalgo city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| La Joya city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| La Villa city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| McAllen city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Mercedes city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Mission city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Palmhurst city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Palmview city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Penitas city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Pharr city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Progreso city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| San Juan city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Sullivan City city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 |
| Weslaco city | City | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Donna Independent School District | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Hidalgo Independent School District | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Mercedes Independent School District | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Mission Consolidated Independent School District | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Sharyland Independent School District | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Name not given in FEMA data (ID R06_202410) | School/School District | Expired on 2022-11-05 | La Joya Independent School District (FEMA plan 102208) | 2017-11-06 | 2022-11-05 | -1,425 | ||
| Agua SUD | Special District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Hidalgo County Drainage District #1 | Flood Control District | Approved, expires 2031-08-25 | Hidalgo County Drainage District #1 (FEMA plan 110276) | 2026-08-26 | 2031-08-25 | 1,790 | ||
| McAllen Public Utility | Special District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Military Highway Water Supply Corporation | Water/Sewer Authority | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| Santa Cruz Irrigation District #15 | Flood Control District | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | Hidalgo County (FEMA plan 107537) | 2021-10-28 | 2026-10-27 | 27 | this jurisdiction approved 2022-01-05 | |
| Sharyland Water Supply Corporation | Water/Sewer Authority | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review | ||
| South Texas ISD | School/School District | No approved plan on record | none | none | none | FEMA tracker shows a plan in review |
FEMA plan data lists 1 school district row with no name (FEMA IDs only) and 8 named school districts. FEMA files some districts under two ID schemes on different plans, so a named district's 'No approved plan on record' can sit beside an unnamed row that has a plan.
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 EAL | Hazard | NRI risk rating | EAL rating | EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year | EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year | Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage | EAL total (see note)modeled dollars per year | Storm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30count | Storm Events coverage note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurricane | Very High | Very High | $112,200,302 | $1,800,824 | $12,724,372 | $126,725,498 | 3 | |
| 2 | Cold Wave | Very High | Very High | $207,241 | $29,554,198 | $58,083,126 | $87,844,565 | 63 | Includes 52 Frost/Freeze records (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition; counted in this table and in B1-d, not in the B1-e descriptor). |
| 3 | Inland Flooding | Relatively High | Relatively Moderate | $51,298,643 | $3,828,855 | $219,144 | $55,346,642 | 116 | |
| 4 | Heat Wave | Relatively High | Relatively High | $642 | $934 | $13,482,959 | $13,484,534 | 74 | |
| 5 | Hail | Very High | Relatively High | $9,276,797 | $40,092 | $330,181 | $9,647,070 | 128 | |
| 6 | Tornado | Relatively High | Relatively Moderate | $1,681,659 | $717 | $6,029,756 | $7,712,133 | 18 | |
| 7 | Drought | Relatively High | Relatively High | n/a | $3,654,256 | n/a | $3,654,256 | 192 | |
| 8 | Ice Storm | Very High | Very High | $1,589,378 | n/a | $223,424 | $1,812,802 | 3 | |
| 9 | Strong Wind | Relatively High | Relatively Moderate | $687,798 | $24,055 | $368,438 | $1,080,291 | 190 | Includes 5 High Wind and 14 Strong Wind records (NOAA non-thunderstorm wind types, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition). |
| 10 | Lightning | Relatively High | Relatively Moderate | $196,746 | n/a | $636,071 | $832,817 | 11 | |
| 11 | Earthquake | Relatively Low | Relatively Low | $524,109 | n/a | $303,444 | $827,553 | Storm Events does not record earthquakes. | |
| 12 | Winter Weather | Relatively High | Relatively High | $84,411 | $354 | $346,793 | $431,558 | 3 | |
| 13 | Wildfire | Relatively Low | Relatively Low | $190,932 | $856 | $158,380 | $350,167 | 19 | |
| 14 | Landslide | Very Low | Very Low | $683 | n/a | $2 | $685 | 0 | No 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
| Hazard | Highest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100 |
|---|---|
| Earthquake | tract 240.01 (Very Low, 38.4); tract 212.04 (Very Low, 36.9); tract 239.05 (Very Low, 36.1) |
| Hurricane | tract 240.01 (Very High, 99.7); tract 227.04 (Very High, 98.5); tract 212.04 (Very High, 98.0) |
| Landslide | tract 243.01 (Relatively Low, 86.5); tract 243.02 (Relatively Low, 84.4); tract 242.12 (Very Low, 79.1) |
| Tornado | tract 235.30 (Relatively Moderate, 66.2); tract 235.29 (Relatively Moderate, 65.9); tract 241.09 (Relatively Moderate, 61.0) |
| Wildfire | tract 242.12 (Relatively Moderate, 92.4); tract 243.01 (Relatively Moderate, 91.6); tract 242.06 (Relatively Moderate, 90.6) |
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 240.01 is Census Tract 240.01). 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
| Hazard | Scale | Recordscount and years | Observed range | Worst recorded event | Most damaging (when different) | How it applies to jurisdictions | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | wind chill | 11 records, 1996 to 2026 (11 zone-level) | 1 day to 4 days (median 2 days); 7 with a recorded value | 4 consecutive days, 2025-02-19 to 2025-02-22, zone-level | Countywide (zone-level records). | Wind chill: in event narratives only (local data needed). | |
| Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition) | crop damage | 52 records, 2008 to 2026 (52 zone-level) | Frost/Freeze, 2021-02-14, $308,000,000 crop damage (2021 dollars); NWS zone TXZ253 | Countywide (zone-level records). | Temperature: in event narratives only (local data needed). | ||
| Drought | U.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4) | 192 records, 1996 to 2026 (192 zone-level) | 7 days to 568 days (median 77 days); 24 with a recorded value | 568 days (about 18.7 months), 2012-06-12 to 2013-12-31, a run of 30 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-level | Drought, 2023-11-01, $0 property; $110,000,000 crops, reported for the zone (2023 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. |
| Earthquake | Modified Mercalli (local data) | 0 | Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source. | ||||
| Hail | hail size (inches) | 163 records, 1956 to 2025 | 0.75 in to 4.5 in (median 1 in); 163 with a recorded value | 4.5 in hail, 2012-04-20; same size also recorded on 1991-04-29, 1997-03-14 | Hail, 2012-03-29, $200,000,000 property; $1,000,000 crops (2012 dollars) | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Mission city (12 records), Edinburg city (8 records), Donna city (6 records), Weslaco city (6 records), Alamo city (5 records), Hidalgo city (4 records), Penitas city (4 records), Elsa city (3 records), Pharr city (3 records), San Juan city (3 records); and 6 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file). | |
| Excessive Heat, Heat | heat index (in event narratives) | 74 records, 2008 to 2026 (74 zone-level) | 1 day to 15 days (median 2 days); 25 with a recorded value | 15 consecutive days, 2023-06-12 to 2023-06-26, zone-level | Countywide (zone-level records). | Heat index: in event narratives only (local data needed). | |
| Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression | Saffir-Simpson | 3 records, 1998 to 2020 (3 zone-level) | Strongest recorded: Tropical Storm record, 2020-07-25 to 2020-07-26, $304,940,000 property; $29,200,000 crops (2020 dollars); NWS zone TXZ253 | 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 Storm | Sperry-Piltz ice scale (local data) | 3 records, 2011 to 2025 (3 zone-level) | No damage reported in 3 records. | Countywide (zone-level records). | Ice thickness: in event narratives only (local data needed). | ||
| Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood | damage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM) | 116 records, 1997 to 2026 (2 zone-level) | Flood, 2008-07-24, $28,500 property; $100,000,000 crops (2008 dollars) | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Weslaco city (14 records), Donna city (13 records), Progreso city (8 records), Edinburg city (6 records), Mercedes city (6 records), Mission city (6 records), La Villa city (5 records), Alamo city (4 records), Pharr city (4 records), Edcouch city (3 records); and 5 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file). 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 Flow | none (count and damage only) | 0 | Physical measure: in event narratives only (local data needed). | ||||
| Lightning | annualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names) | 11 records, 1996 to 2020 | Lightning, 1996-06-25, damage not reported, 1 direct death, 2 direct injuries | Lightning, 2009-05-28, $1,000,000 property; $0 crops (2009 dollars) | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Weslaco city (3 records), Mission city (2 records), Pharr city (2 records), Edinburg city (1 record). | Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties; physical measure in event narratives only (local data needed). | |
| High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI's Strong Wind definition) | wind speed (kt and mph) | 19 records, 2005 to 2022 (19 zone-level) | 31 kt (36 mph) to 55 kt (63 mph) (median 41 kt (47 mph)); 19 with a recorded value | 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust, Strong Wind, 2005-07-20; NWS zone TXZ253 | Strong Wind, 2006-03-08, $30,000 property; crops not reported, reported for the zone (2006 dollars) | Countywide (zone-level records). | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | wind speed (kt and mph) | 210 records, 1960 to 2026 | 35 kt (40 mph) to 89 kt (102 mph) (median 55 kt (63 mph)); 176 with a recorded value | 89 kt (102 mph) measured gust, Thunderstorm Wind, 2012-05-08, 1 direct injury | Thunderstorm Wind, 2016-05-31, $10,000,000 property; $500,000 crops (2016 dollars) | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Mission city (16 records), Edinburg city (11 records), Weslaco city (9 records), Donna city (8 records), Mercedes city (8 records), Pharr city (8 records), Alamo city (7 records), San Juan city (6 records), Penitas city (5 records), Progreso city (4 records); and 7 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file). | |
| Tornado | Enhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007) | 43 records, 1955 to 2025 | F/EF0 to F/EF3 (median F/EF0); 40 with a recorded value | F3 tornado, 1983-03-15, 1.5 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 900 yd wide, $2,500,000 property; crops not recorded (1983 dollars), 9 direct injuries | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Weslaco city (4 records), Mission city (3 records), La Villa city (2 records), Mercedes city (2 records), Donna city (1 record), Edcouch city (1 record), Penitas city (1 record). | 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). | |
| Wildfire | acres burned (local data) | 19 records, 2008 to 2025 (19 zone-level) | Wildfire, 2009-01-19, $10,000,000 property; $0 crops (2009 dollars); NWS zone TXZ253 | Countywide (zone-level records). | Acres burned: in event narratives only (local data needed). | ||
| Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet | none in data (snowfall: local data) | 3 records, 2004 to 2018 (3 zone-level) | Winter Weather, 2018-01-16, $50,000 property; crops not reported (2018 dollars); NWS zone TXZ253 | Countywide (zone-level records). | Snow depth: in event narratives only (local data needed). |
Where a hazard names more than 10 jurisdictions, the table lists the 10 with the most records; every one is in the Excel 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 whose zone 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: 32 declarations covering 24 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
| Declared | Incident began | FEMA number | Type | Title | Mapped hazard | County Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollars | Flags | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-21 | 2025-03-26 | DR-4871-TX | Major disaster | Severe Storms and Flooding | Inland Flooding | PA not declared for this county | new since last plan; within last 5 years | |
| 2024-07-09 | 2024-07-05 | DR-4798-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Beryl | Hurricane | $89,318.98 | new since last plan; within last 5 years | |
| 2021-02-19 | 2021-02-11 | DR-4586-TX | Major disaster | Severe Winter Storms | Ice Storm | $217,940.46 | in the 12 months before plan approval | |
| 2021-02-14 | 2021-02-11 | EM-3554-TX | Emergency | Severe Winter Storm | Ice Storm | no Public Assistance recorded | in the 12 months before plan approval | same incident as DR-4586 |
| 2020-07-26 | 2020-07-25 | EM-3530-TX | Emergency | Hurricane Hanna | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 2020-03-25 | 2020-01-20 | DR-4485-TX | Major disaster | COVID-19 Pandemic | Non-natural, not counted | $8,723,073.45 | ||
| 2020-03-13 | 2020-01-20 | EM-3458-TX | Emergency | COVID-19 | Non-natural, not counted | no Public Assistance recorded | same incident as DR-4485 | |
| 2019-07-17 | 2019-06-24 | DR-4454-TX | Major disaster | Severe Storms and Flooding | Inland Flooding | PA not declared for this county | ||
| 2018-07-06 | 2018-06-19 | DR-4377-TX | Major disaster | Severe Storms and Flooding | Inland Flooding | PA not declared for this county | ||
| 2016-06-11 | 2016-05-22 | DR-4272-TX | Major disaster | Severe Storms and Flooding | Inland Flooding | $130,861.33 | ||
| 2015-11-25 | 2015-10-22 | DR-4245-TX | Major disaster | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding | Inland Flooding; Strong Wind; Tornado | $2,798,470.36 | ||
| 2015-05-29 | 2015-05-04 | DR-4223-TX | Major disaster | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding | Inland Flooding; Strong Wind; Tornado | $5,141,135.01 | ||
| 2010-08-03 | 2010-06-30 | DR-1931-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Alex | Hurricane | $3,632,971.89 | ||
| 2010-06-29 | 2010-06-27 | EM-3313-TX | Emergency | Tropical Storm Alex | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded | same incident as DR-1931 | |
| 2008-09-10 | 2008-09-07 | EM-3294-TX | Emergency | Hurricane Ike | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 2008-08-29 | 2008-08-27 | EM-3290-TX | Emergency | Hurricane Gustav | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 2008-07-24 | 2008-07-22 | DR-1780-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Dolly | Hurricane | $15,761,567.01 | ||
| 2008-03-14 | 2008-03-14 | EM-3284-TX | Emergency | Wildfires | Wildfire | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 2007-08-18 | 2007-08-17 | EM-3277-TX | Emergency | Hurricane Dean | Hurricane | $57,882.15 | ||
| 2006-01-11 | 2005-11-27 | DR-1624-TX | Major disaster | Extreme Wildfire Threat | Wildfire | $20,250 | ||
| 2005-09-24 | 2005-09-23 | DR-1606-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Rita | Hurricane: evacuation support (county designated for sheltering evacuees, no Individual Assistance), not a local hazard event; not counted | $3,478.22 | ||
| 2005-09-21 | 2005-09-20 | EM-3261-TX | Emergency | Hurricane Rita | Hurricane: evacuation support (county designated for sheltering evacuees, no Individual Assistance), not a local hazard event; not counted | no Public Assistance recorded | same incident as DR-1606 | |
| 2005-09-02 | 2005-08-29 | EM-3216-TX | Emergency | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | Hurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not counted | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 2002-11-05 | 2002-10-24 | DR-1439-TX | Major disaster | Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding | Inland Flooding; Tornado | PA not declared for this county | ||
| 1999-08-22 | 1999-08-21 | DR-1287-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Bret | Hurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding | $389,028.14 | ||
| 1998-08-26 | 1998-08-22 | DR-1239-TX | Major disaster | Tropical Storm Charley | Hurricane; Inland Flooding: designated for Hazard Mitigation only (no Public or Individual Assistance for this county); not counted | PA not declared for this county | ||
| 1990-01-09 | 1989-12-21 | DR-850-TX | Major disaster | Severe Freeze | Cold Wave | PA not declared for this county | ||
| 1988-10-05 | 1988-09-15 | DR-816-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Gilbert | Hurricane | PA not declared for this county | ||
| 1984-01-07 | 1983-12-22 | DR-696-TX | Major disaster | Severe Freezing Weather | Cold Wave | PA not declared for this county | ||
| 1980-08-11 | 1980-08-11 | DR-627-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Allen | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 1971-09-18 | 1971-09-18 | DR-313-TX | Major disaster | Heavy Rains, High Winds & Flooding | Inland Flooding (primary); also designated: Strong Wind | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 1967-09-28 | 1967-09-28 | DR-232-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Beulah | Hurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding | no Public Assistance recorded |
School districts and special districts in this county: $2,360,853.61 (included in the county total above). Public Assistance matched by applicant name to the school districts and special districts FEMA lists as plan participants in this county. They have no row of their own in the jurisdiction table, so their total is listed here. These dollars are already included in the county PA column of the declarations table (the FEMA record places each applicant in this county), so this line is not added to it.
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
| Declared | Incident began | FEMA number | Type | Title | Mapped hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-06-23 | 1998-06-04 | EM-3127-TX | Emergency | Fire | Wildfire |
| 1963-09-24 | 1963-09-24 | DR-159-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Cindy | Hurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding |
| 1961-09-16 | 1961-09-16 | DR-118-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Carla | Hurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding |
| 1960-07-15 | 1960-07-15 | DR-103-TX | Major disaster | Heavy Rains, Hail, Floods & Tornadoes | Hail; Inland Flooding; Tornado |
| 1959-07-08 | 1959-07-08 | DR-93-TX | Major disaster | Floods | Inland Flooding |
| 1958-06-06 | 1958-06-06 | DR-85-TX | Major disaster | Tornadoes, Rain, Hail & Floods | Tornado (primary); also designated: Hail, Inland Flooding |
| 1957-04-29 | 1957-04-29 | DR-72-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane, Rain, Wind, Hail & Floods | Hurricane (primary); also designated: Hail, Inland Flooding |
| 1954-07-01 | 1954-07-01 | DR-18-TX | Major disaster | Flood | Inland Flooding |
| 1953-06-19 | 1953-06-19 | DR-9-TX | Major disaster | Flood | Inland Flooding |
| 1953-05-15 | 1953-05-15 | DR-2-TX | Major disaster | Tornado & Heavy Rainfall | Tornado |
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
| Hazard | Storm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column) | Since plan approvalrecords | In the 12 months before plan approvalrecords | Last 5 yearsrecords | Declared incidents, all yearsseparate disasters | Declared since approvalseparate disasters | Period | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Wave | 63 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | Includes 52 Frost/Freeze records. |
| Drought | 192 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Earthquake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source. | |
| Hail | 163 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1955 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Heat Wave | 74 | 64 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Hurricane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Inland Flooding | 116 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Landslide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events |
| Lightning | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Strong Wind | 229 | 54 | 9 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1955 to 2026-06-30 | Includes 5 High Wind and 14 Strong Wind records. |
| Tornado | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1950 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Wildfire | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 |
Notable Storm Events records
Sources: 1, 6, 7
| Date | Event type | Magnitude or extent | Damagenominal dollars | Deaths, injuriesdirect only | Location | Flags | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-27 | Flash Flood | $0 property; $0 crops (2025 dollars) | 3, 0 | ALAMO | new since last plan; within last 5 years | deaths or injuries recorded | |
| 2025-02-19 | Cold/Wind Chill | $0 property; $0 crops, reported for the zone (2025 dollars) | 0, 0 | NWS zone TXZ353 (NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY), zone-level | new since last plan; within last 5 years | B1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | |
| 2023-06-12 | Heat | $0 property; $0 crops, reported for the zone (2023 dollars) | 0, 0 | NWS zone TXZ353 (NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY), zone-level | new since last plan; within last 5 years | B1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat | |
| 2021-02-14 | Frost/Freeze | $107,740 property; $308,000,000 crops, reported for the zone (2021 dollars) | 0, 0 | NWS zone TXZ253 (SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY), zone-level | in the 12 months before plan approval | B1-c worst recorded: Frost/Freeze | |
| 2020-07-25 | Tropical Storm | $304,940,000 property; $29,200,000 crops, reported for the zone (2020 dollars) | 0, 0 | NWS zone TXZ253 (SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY), zone-level | B1-c worst recorded: Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression | ||
| 2019-06-23 | Excessive Heat | $0 property; $0 crops, reported for the zone (2019 dollars) | 4, 0 | NWS zone TXZ253 (SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY), zone-level | deaths or injuries recorded | ||
| 2012-06-12 | Drought | $0 property; $0 crops, reported for the zone (2012 dollars) | 0, 0 | NWS zone TXZ253 (HIDALGO), zone-level | B1-c worst recorded: Drought | ||
| 2012-04-20 | Hail | 4.5 in | $0 property; $0 crops (2012 dollars) | 0, 0 | MC ALLEN | B1-c worst recorded: Hail | |
| 2008-07-24 | Flood | $28,500 property; $100,000,000 crops (2008 dollars) | 0, 0 | EDCOUCH to MERCEDES | B1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood | ||
| 2005-07-20 | Strong Wind | 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust | $30,000 property; crops not reported, reported for the zone (2005 dollars) | 0, 0 | NWS zone TXZ253 (HIDALGO), zone-level | B1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind | |
| 1996-06-25 | Lightning | damage not reported | 1, 2 | MISSION | deaths or injuries recorded | ||
| 1983-03-15 | Tornado | F3, 1.5 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 900 yd wide | $2,500,000 property; crops not recorded (1983 dollars) | 0, 9 | location not recorded | B1-c worst recorded: Tornado |
The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (919 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
| Hazard | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per row | Unit | In plain terms | Descriptor | Descriptor basis | NRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional) | NRI period | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Wave | 3.08 | event-days per year | about 3.08 days per year | Likely (from Storm Events: 5 of 30 years) | event-days in 5 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (16.7%) | 58.4 | 2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years) | countywide | |
| Drought | 66.1 | event-days per year | about 66.1 days per year | Likely (from Storm Events: 19 of 30 years) | event-days in 19 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (63.3%) | 2,422 | 2000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only) | countywide | |
| Earthquake | 0.000259 | annual probability at a location | chance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.0259% | not shown | modeled | see B1-f | No descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes). | ||
| Hail | 0.552 | events per year | about 0.55 per year | Likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | 21.0 (modeled) | 1986 to 2023 (38 years) | countywide | |
| Heat Wave | 8.97 | event-days per year | about 8.97 days per year | Likely (from Storm Events: 9 of 30 years) | event-days in 9 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (30%) | 167 | 2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years) | countywide | |
| Hurricane | 0.127 | events per year | about 1 in 8 years | Likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | 46 | 1851 to 2024 (Atlantic) | see B1-f | NRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are in B1-d. |
| Ice Storm | 0.165 | event-days per year | about 0.165 days per year | Likely (from Storm Events: 3 of 30 years) | event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%) | 12 | 1946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years) | countywide | |
| Inland Flooding | 2.25 | event-days per year | about 2.25 days per year | Likely (from Storm Events: 23 of 30 years) | event-days in 23 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (76.7%) | 63 | 1996 to 2023 (28 years) | see B1-f | |
| Landslide | 0.146 | events per year (modeled) | about 1 in 7 years | Likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | not shown | modeled | see B1-f | |
| Lightning | 39.9 | days per year with a strike | about 39.9 days per year | Highly likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | not shown | 1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS) | countywide | |
| Strong Wind | 0.527 | events per year | about 0.53 per year | Likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | 21 | 1986 to 2023 (38 years) | countywide | |
| Tornado | 0.267 | events per year | about 1 in 4 years | Likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | not shown | 1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1) | see B1-f | |
| Wildfire | 0.00291 | annual probability at a location | chance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.291% | Likely (from Storm Events: 9 of 30 years) | Storm Events records in 9 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (30%) | not shown | modeled | see B1-f | Descriptor from Storm Events, not NRI. |
| Winter Weather | 0.74 | event-days per year | about 0.74 days per year | Likely (from Storm Events: 3 of 30 years) | event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%) | 14.1 | 2005-11-12 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
| Unit | Descriptor | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| events per year | Highly likely | 1 or more per year |
| events per year | Likely | about once in 1 to 10 years |
| events per year | Possible | about once in 10 to 100 years |
| events per year | Unlikely | less than once in 100 years |
| annual probability | Likely | 10% to under 100% chance in a given year |
| annual probability | Possible | 1% to under 10% chance in a given year |
| annual probability | Unlikely | under 1% chance in a given year |
| event-days (share of years) | Highly likely | event-days recorded in 90% or more of years |
| event-days (share of years) | Likely | event-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years |
| event-days (share of years) | Possible | event-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years |
| lightning strike-days | Highly likely | cloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year |
Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)
Source: 6
| Hazard | Band | Years | Eventscounty-coded records | Years in period | Events per yearevents / years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 1.00-1.99 in | 1996 to 2025 | 71 | 30 | 2.37 |
| Hail | 2.00 in+ | 1996 to 2025 | 15 | 30 | 0.5 |
| Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind) | 50-64 kt | 1996 to 2025 | 116 | 30 | 3.87 |
| Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind) | 65 kt+ | 1996 to 2025 | 33 | 30 | 1.1 |
| Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind) | unmeasured or below 50 kt | 1996 to 2025 | 20 | 30 | 0.667 |
| Tornado | EF0-1 | 1996 to 2025 | 16 | 30 | 0.533 |
| Tornado | EF2-3 | 1996 to 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tornado | EF4-5 | 1996 to 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tornado | unrated (EFU) | 1996 to 2025 | 2 | 30 | 0.0667 |
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
| Hazard | Tractsrated of all | NRI risk score, 0 to 100 | Tracts by rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Median | Max | |||
| Cold Wave | 212 of 212 | 15.7 | 93.9 | 100.0 | Very High 80, Relatively High 127, Relatively Moderate 4, Very Low 1 |
| Drought | 170 of 212 | 67.4 | 83.7 | 99.0 | Relatively High 6, Relatively Moderate 26, Relatively Low 97, Very Low 41, No Rating 42 |
| Earthquake | 212 of 212 | 0.3 | 18.0 | 38.4 | Very Low 212 |
| Hail | 212 of 212 | 17.2 | 84.9 | 98.6 | Very High 1, Relatively High 49, Relatively Moderate 158, Relatively Low 3, Very Low 1 |
| Heat Wave | 212 of 212 | 1.4 | 74.4 | 94.2 | Relatively High 28, Relatively Moderate 162, Relatively Low 21, Very Low 1 |
| Hurricane | 212 of 212 | 50.9 | 93.2 | 99.7 | Very High 17, Relatively High 160, Relatively Moderate 33, Relatively Low 1, Very Low 1 |
| Ice Storm | 212 of 212 | 1.9 | 71.8 | 95.2 | Relatively High 2, Relatively Moderate 123, Relatively Low 85, Very Low 2 |
| Inland Flooding | 212 of 212 | 0.2 | 21.5 | 86.9 | Relatively High 4, Relatively Moderate 27, Relatively Low 117, Very Low 64 |
| Landslide | 116 of 212 | 8.8 | 39.0 | 86.5 | Relatively Low 2, Very Low 114, No Rating 96 |
| Lightning | 212 of 212 | 0.3 | 29.6 | 58.5 | Relatively Moderate 6, Relatively Low 178, Very Low 28 |
| Strong Wind | 212 of 212 | 0.6 | 27.7 | 66.7 | Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 184, Very Low 27 |
| Tornado | 212 of 212 | 1.1 | 45.7 | 66.2 | Relatively Moderate 33, Relatively Low 174, Very Low 5 |
| Wildfire | 189 of 212 | 18.6 | 58.5 | 92.4 | Relatively Moderate 7, Relatively Low 56, Very Low 126, No Rating 23 |
| Winter Weather | 212 of 212 | 11.0 | 51.6 | 76.9 | Relatively Moderate 135, Relatively Low 76, Very Low 1 |
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
| Jurisdiction | Type | Plan status | Repetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definition | Public Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollars | Event records naming this placeall years; since its plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo County | County | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 35, SRL 17; any 264 | $17,681,750.13 | 0 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Name not given in FEMA data (ID 4826130) | Special District | No approved plan on record | no Public Assistance recorded | 0 total; no approved plan | No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row. | |
| Alamo city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 1, SRL 1; any 3 | $257,608.96 | 16 total; 2 since its plan | |
| Alton city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $7,270.82 | 0 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Donna city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 1; any 12 | $650,121.86 | 28 total; 7 since its plan | |
| Edcouch city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 2 | $41,369.24 | 9 total; 1 since its plan | |
| Edinburg city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 3, SRL 4; any 39 | $2,049,694.46 | 26 total; 4 since its plan | Includes $247,319.51 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX). |
| Elsa city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 1, SRL 1; any 1 | $119,987.05 | 8 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Granjeno city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | $333.75 | 2 total; 1 since its plan | No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row. | |
| Hidalgo city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $82,848.36 | 6 total; 2 since its plan | |
| La Joya city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $45,595.67 | 3 total; 0 since its plan | |
| La Villa city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $94,499.22 | 8 total; 1 since its plan | |
| McAllen city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 4, SRL 7; any 39 | $2,384,493.19 | 0 total; 0 since its plan | Includes $1,061,425.21 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX). |
| Mercedes city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 10, SRL 2; any 46 | $204,664.77 | 17 total; 1 since its plan | |
| Mission city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 3, SRL 1; any 39 | $385,233.08 | 39 total; 9 since its plan | Includes $14,231.02 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX). |
| Palmhurst city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $25,014.55 | 5 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Palmview city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $185,542.68 | 0 total; 0 since its plan | Includes $71,166 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX). |
| Penitas city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | $9,804.18 | 13 total; 7 since its plan | No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row. | |
| Pharr city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 1, SRL 2; any 15 | $229,585.99 | 17 total; 4 since its plan | Includes $105,513.95 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX). |
| Progreso city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1 | $105,116.16 | 12 total; 3 since its plan | |
| San Juan city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $231,914.64 | 11 total; 3 since its plan | Includes $45,007.45 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX). |
| Sullivan City city | City | Approved, expires 2026-10-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $51,649.11 | 7 total; 1 since its plan | Includes $44,249.02 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX). |
| Weslaco city | City | No approved plan on record | FMA RL 21, SRL 5; any 70 | $970,759.17 | 36 total; no approved plan | Includes $50,220.98 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4485-TX). |
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
| Hazard | Building exposuremodeled dollars | Agriculture exposuremodeled dollars | Population exposedpeople | EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year | EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year | Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage | EAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where noted | Storm Events damage since 2021-10-28county-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollars | Zone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zone | Public Assistance since plannominal dollars; see note | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Wave | $113,986,428,168 | $400,457,173 | 869,532 | $207,241 | $29,554,198 | $58,083,126 | 0.000182% | $2,000,000 | Storm Events damage since the plan includes 1 zone-level Frost/Freeze record ($2,000,000): outside NRI's Cold Wave definition. | ||
| Drought | n/a | $315,550,128 | n/a | n/a | $3,654,256 | n/a | 1.16% (agriculture) | $110,000,000 | NRI has no building exposure for this hazard; agriculture shown | ||
| Earthquake | $202,476,517,518 | n/a | 870,781 | $524,109 | n/a | $303,444 | 0.000259% | ||||
| Hail | $113,986,428,168 | $400,457,173 | 869,532 | $9,276,797 | $40,092 | $330,181 | 0.00814% | $335,000 | |||
| Heat Wave | $113,986,428,168 | $400,457,173 | 869,532 | $642 | $934 | $13,482,959 | under 0.0001% | $0 | |||
| Hurricane | $113,973,563,115 | $398,838,140 | 869,458 | $112,200,302 | $1,800,824 | $12,724,372 | 0.0984% | $89,318.98 | |||
| Ice Storm | $113,982,338,287 | n/a | 869,477 | $1,589,378 | n/a | $223,424 | 0.00139% | ||||
| Inland Flooding | $113,978,804,350 | $71,119,648 | 47,539 | $51,298,643 | $3,828,855 | $219,144 | n/a (see note) | $57,000,000 | no Public Assistance recorded (1 declaration) | 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 | $85,707,136 | n/a | 649 | $683 | n/a | $2 | 0.000797% | ||||
| Lightning | $113,986,428,168 | n/a | 869,532 | $196,746 | n/a | $636,071 | 0.000173% | ||||
| Strong Wind | $113,986,428,168 | $400,457,173 | 869,532 | $687,798 | $24,055 | $368,438 | 0.000603% | $4,521,500 | $0 | ||
| Tornado | $113,986,428,168 | $400,457,173 | 869,532 | $1,681,659 | $717 | $6,029,756 | 0.00148% | $500,000 | |||
| Wildfire | $4,780,453,461 | $50,875,530 | 75,841 | $190,932 | $856 | $158,380 | 0.00399% | $10,000 | |||
| Winter Weather | $113,986,428,168 | $400,457,173 | 869,532 | $84,411 | $354 | $346,793 | under 0.0001% |
Totals since 2021-10-28 (Storm Events through 2026-06-30): 110 county-coded records, 79 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $62,356,500; 121 zone-level records, 106 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $112,010,000 reported for the zone; Public Assistance: $89,318.98 on 2 counted declarations, 1 of them with Public Assistance.
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
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 869,532 |
| Building value (total, not at risk) | $113,986,428,168 |
| Agriculture value (total, not at risk) | $400,457,173 |
| NRI risk rating (all hazards) | Relatively High |
| Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards | $216,844,480 |
| 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) | $92,906,092 |
| Social vulnerability rating | Very High |
| Community resilience rating | Very Low |
| NRI version | December 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
| Definition | Properties | Severe repetitive loss | Properties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2) | 79 | Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2) | 41 |
| Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition | 529 | Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition | 38 |
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
| Scope | RL, FMAproperties | SRL, FMAproperties | RL, NFIPproperties | SRL, NFIPproperties | Any categoryproperties | Mitigatedproperties | Currently insuredproperties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County total | 79 | 41 | 529 | 38 | 533 | 2 | 276 |
| of which: Hidalgo County (unincorporated area) | 35 | 17 | 263 | 15 | 264 | 0 | 157 |
| of which: Alamo city | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| of which: Donna city | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| of which: Edcouch city | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| of which: Edinburg city | 3 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 12 |
| of which: Elsa city | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| of which: McAllen city | 4 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 15 |
| of which: Mercedes city | 10 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 24 |
| of which: Mission city | 3 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 12 |
| of which: Pharr city | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| of which: Weslaco city | 21 | 5 | 70 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 41 |
| of which: Progreso city | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| of which: Aransas Pass city (plan jurisdiction listed on the Aransas County and Nueces County and San Patricio County page) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| of which: Port Aransas city (plan jurisdiction listed on the Nueces County page) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Statewide, no county in FEMA's file | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 9 |
2 of the county's repeat-flood properties belong to NFIP communities whose plan jurisdiction is not listed on this page (the community rows above name the page that lists it).
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
| Jurisdiction | NFIP community ID | RL, FMAproperties | SRL, FMAproperties | RL, NFIPproperties | SRL, NFIPproperties | Any categoryproperties | Mitigatedproperties | Currently insuredproperties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo County | 480334 | 35 | 17 | 263 | 15 | 264 | 0 | 157 |
| Alamo city | 480335 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Alton city | 481571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donna city | 480336 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Edcouch city | 480337 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Edinburg city | 480338 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 12 |
| Elsa city | 480339 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidalgo city | 480340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Joya city | 480341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Villa city | 480342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McAllen city | 480343 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 15 |
| Mercedes city | 480344 | 10 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 24 |
| Mission city | 480345 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 12 |
| Palmhurst city | 480346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palmview city | 481656 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pharr city | 480347 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| Progreso city | 481677 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| San Juan city | 480348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sullivan City city | 480909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Weslaco city | 480349 | 21 | 5 | 70 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 41 |
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 group | RL, FMAproperties | SRL, FMAproperties | RL, NFIPproperties | SRL, NFIPproperties | Any categoryproperties | Mitigatedproperties | Currently insuredproperties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| single-family residential | 79 | 36 | 496 | 34 | 499 | 1 | 266 |
| 2 to 4 unit residential | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| other residential | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| non-residential | 0 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 8 |
| not reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 2 properties are FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 452 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):
- FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
- 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)
- 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/
- 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
- 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, organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B. Each section heading names the item its tables support; the plan and FEMA's review decide whether the 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
This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Hidalgo County, TX: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 48215). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/tx/48215/ 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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Hazard Plain release 2026-10. As of 2026-09-30; Storm Events data through 2026-06-30. Automated baseline.