Natural hazards · Bayside

Bayside, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bayside comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 2000. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bayside?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bayside to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes40%Inland flooding19%Drought17%Cold waves16%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Bayside faces

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

Hurricanes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 62 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bayside flood?

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

12paid claims since 2000

$246Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20002026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 8 claims, $184K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Refugio County.

Disasters that hit Bayside

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BaysideDeclared for Refugio County only

2017

Hurricane Harvey

233 households applied for aid $865K aid approved $951K to the Town of Bayside for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Bayside for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $24K to the Town of Bayside for repairs

2003

Hurricane Claudette

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$22K to the Town of Bayside for repairs

Refugio County has had 24 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. Bayside 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 Bayside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bayside. 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.