Natural hazards · Agua Dulce

Agua Dulce, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Agua Dulce comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1980. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Agua Dulce?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Agua Dulce to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes35%Inland flooding24%Drought14%Cold waves12%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Agua Dulce faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 67 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Agua Dulce flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Agua Dulce, from FEMA’s records.

21paid claims since 1980

$133Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Allen: 3 claims, $21K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Agua Dulce isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Nueces County.

Disasters that hit Agua Dulce

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Agua Dulce itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Agua Dulce.

Brought FEMA money into Agua DulceDeclared for Nueces County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

35 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

34 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

72 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $7K to the City of Agua Dulce for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$8K to the City of Agua Dulce for repairs

Nueces County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Agua Dulce is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Agua Dulce’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Agua Dulce. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.