Natural hazards · Atascocita

Atascocita, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Atascocita comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 231 claims here since 1981. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Atascocita?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Atascocita to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes23%Tornadoes20%Cold waves6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Atascocita faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Atascocita flood?

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

231paid claims since 1981

$35.7Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 138 claims, $31.6M
Tropical Storm Imelda: 33 claims, $2.2M
Heavy rains: 9 claims, $317K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Atascocita 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.

Disasters that hit Atascocita

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AtascocitaDeclared for Harris County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

454 households applied for aid $278K aid approved

2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

53 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

28 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2019

Tropical Storm Imelda

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Harvey

78 households applied for aid $56K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

68 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

17 households applied for aid $361 aid approved

Harris County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Atascocita

Atascocita and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Houstonmostly inland floodingVery high

Atascocitamostly inland floodingHigh

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. Atascocita covers 13 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Atascocita’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Atascocita. 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 Atascocita total about $36.7M 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.