Natural hazards · Aransas Pass

Aransas Pass, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aransas Pass comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 515 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aransas Pass?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes44%Inland flooding29%Cold waves13%Tornadoes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Aransas Pass faces

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

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

LandslidesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Aransas Pass flood?

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

515paid claims since 1979

$9.7Mpaid to owners

64homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Allen: 97 claims, $548K
Hurricane Harvey: 91 claims, $3.9M
Heavy rains: 21 claims, $457K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (15) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Patricio County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Aransas Pass

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Aransas PassDeclared for San Patricio County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

395 households applied for aid $142K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

5,701 households applied for aid $14.2M aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $930 aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

30 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

493 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

San Patricio County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Aransas Pass

Aransas Pass and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Corpus Christimostly hurricanesHigh

Inglesidemostly hurricanesHigh

Aransas Passmostly hurricanesHigh

Falmanmostly hurricanesHigh

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. Aransas Pass covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Aransas Pass’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aransas Pass. 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 Aransas Pass total about $5.1M 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.