Natural hazards · Angleton

Angleton, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Angleton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 753 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Angleton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Angleton to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding38%Hurricanes37%Tornadoes14%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Angleton faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingLandslidesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Angleton flood?

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

753paid claims since 1979

$8.5Mpaid to owners

98homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Claudette: 132 claims, $943K
Tropical Storm Paul: 46 claims, $1.0M
Hurricane Harvey: 28 claims, $1.4M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (16) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brazoria County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

37homes raised above flood level

1storm safe rooms built

1buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Angleton

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AngletonDeclared for Brazoria County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

6,312 households applied for aid $7.6M aid approved $2.5M to the City of Angleton for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

650 households applied for aid $312K aid approved $35K to the City of Angleton for repairs

2017

Hurricane Harvey

3,943 households applied for aid $7.3M aid approved $205K to the City of Angleton for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

836 households applied for aid $4.0M aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

81 households applied for aid $177K aid approved $10K to the City of Angleton for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

3,378 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $1.5M to the City of Angleton for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

1,046 households applied for aid $224K aid approved $67K to the City of Angleton for repairs

2003

Hurricane Claudette

38 households applied for aid $108K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

Brazoria 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. Angleton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Angleton total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.