Natural hazards · Anahuac

Anahuac, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Anahuac comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 55 claims here since 1981. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Anahuac?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Anahuac to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding29%Hurricanes22%Tornadoes15%Drought10%Coastal flooding7%Wildfire5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Anahuac faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Anahuac flood?

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

55paid claims since 1981

$1.6Mpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 7 claims, $386K
Hurricane Ike: 5 claims, $469K
Hurricane Alicia: 4 claims, $24K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Anahuac is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Chambers County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Anahuac

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AnahuacDeclared for Chambers County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

693 households applied for aid $803K aid approved $8K to the City of Anahuac for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

85 households applied for aid $41K aid approved $6K to the City of Anahuac for repairs

2019

Tropical Storm Imelda

74 households applied for aid $172K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

953 households applied for aid $2.7M aid approved $130K to the City of Anahuac for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

1,666 households applied for aid $8.0M aid approved $158K to the City of Anahuac for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

2,247 households applied for aid $3.3M aid approved $30K to the City of Anahuac for repairs

Chambers County has had 17 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. Anahuac 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 Anahuac’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Anahuac. 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.