Aldine’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aldine comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2,024 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Aldine’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
Does Aldine flood? Yes: 2,024 flood claims since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Aldine, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Harvey361 claims · $24.1M
- Hurricane Ike295 claims · $8.8M
- Tropical Storm Allison291 claims · $9.8M
Aldine isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Harris County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Aldine
Disasters that paid out in Aldine itself (aid to households or repair grants to Aldine) and its biggest flood years.
- 2024Hurricane Beryl5 households applied for aid$6K aid approved70 flood claims paid that year
- 2021Severe Winter Storms2 households applied for aid
- 2017379 flood claims paidThe most in any one year on record
- 2016Severe Storms and Flooding2 households applied for aid68 flood claims paid that year
- 2008298 flood claims paidOne of the three biggest flood years on record
- 2001241 flood claims paidOne of the three biggest flood years on record
Harris County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.
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FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.
Rated higher than 1,665 of the 1,859 Texas towns we cover.
Aldine covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
What Aldine faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Cold waves
Get ready for what Aldine actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Most disasters here begin in August–October
The month each of Harris County’s 34 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Aldine’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Aldine.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Aldine, expected losses total about $8.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Aldine.
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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. Weather alerts: National Weather Service. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.